The Leacon, Kent Weather
About The Leacon, Kent
The Leacon unfolds as a quiet pause in the topography of Kent, where the land stretches out in low, disciplined geometries of field and hedgerow. It lies 6.2 miles south-south-west of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 196°T, OS grid TQ 985 329), and is situated north-west of Warehorne village. A soft, silver light frequently clings to the watercourses here, most notably where the Horsemarsh Sewer carves its slender, persistent path through the damp earth just to the west. The Leacon maintains a profound stillness that seems to absorb the passage of the seasons, leaving the ancient, flat fields to hold their own counsel. To the south, the historical weight of the Royal Military Canal marks the landscape with a deliberate, defensive line that has long since surrendered to the encroaching reeds and quiet reflection. The air carries the scent of turned soil and distant, salt-tinged breezes that drift across the expanse of the Weald. Between the shadows of the trees and the open sky, the horizon feels vast, stripped of artifice and defined by the simple, enduring lines of the horizon. This corner of the world remains defined by the slow, rhythmic pulse of the seasons rather than the clamour of modernity.
Flight conditions near The Leacon. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for The Leacon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Leacon, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Leacon, Kent, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for The Leacon includes coordinates 51.061781, 0.832819, in the county of Kent, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of The Leacon is available on the The Leacon map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Kent weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.