Upper Hardres, Kent Weather
About Upper Hardres, Kent
Upper Hardres holds its poise upon the chalky spine of the North Downs, where the flint-strewn earth yields reluctantly to the plough. It lies 4.4 miles south of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 179°T, OS grid TR 152 507), and is situated north of Bossingham village. The light here possesses a thin, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the flint walls and casting long, melancholic shadows across the arable fields. To the east, the canopy of Gorsley Wood gathers the damp breath of the morning, its dense timber providing a dark, silent contrast to the open horizons of the plateau. Upper Hardres retains the quiet gravity of a place that has long watched the seasons cycle through the Kentish landscape without fuss or fanfare. Nearby, the ancient earthworks of the Roman Cist Burials in Gorsley Wood remain as silent witnesses to those who walked these ridges centuries before the modern lane was cut. The local architecture relies on the honest weight of brick and tile, standing firm against the winds that sweep unimpeded from the coast. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a cool, sharp tang, grounding the spirit in the persistent reality of the soil.
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About This Upper Hardres, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Hardres, 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 Upper Hardres includes coordinates 51.215646, 1.080837, 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 Upper Hardres is available on the Upper Hardres 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.