Uplees, Kent Weather
About Uplees, Kent
Uplees occupies a thin, flat strip of Kentish land where the sky feels unusually wide and pressing against the horizon. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-west of Faversham (from Faversham: bearing 333°T, OS grid TQ 999 643), and is situated north-north-east of Luddenham village. Salt-laden winds scour the low-lying fields, carrying the sharp, metallic tang of the nearby mudflats across the quiet lanes. To the north, the expansive wetland of Uplees Marshes acts as a blurred threshold between the solid earth and the shifting tides of the estuary. The light here often turns a bruised, silvery grey, reflecting off the shallow, winding channels that drain into the Swale. Inland, the industrial ghosts of the Oare Gunpowder Works remind visitors that this lonely terrain once thrived on the volatile alchemy of saltpetre and sulphur. Today, the landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of birds circling over the reed beds and the distant, rhythmic pulse of water pressing against the banks. Uplees remains a place where the geography is dictated by the water’s edge, holding its own against the gradual, patient reclamation of the sea.
Flight conditions near Uplees. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Uplees and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Uplees, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Uplees, 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 Uplees includes coordinates 51.343338, 0.869369, 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 Uplees is available on the Uplees 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.