Wallend, Kent Weather
About Wallend, Kent
Wallend occupies a low-lying reach of the Kentish peninsula where the earth yields gradually to the encroaching tides of the Thames Estuary. It lies 2.8 miles west-north-west of Sheerness (from Sheerness: bearing 288°T, OS grid TQ 877 760), and is situated west-south-west of Grain village. The horizon here is vast and stripped of artifice, dominated by a sky that mirrors the shifting, silty greys of the water. To the north, the salt-slicked channels of Millmarsh Fleet and Hamshill Fleet thread through the mudflats, reflecting the pale, washed-out light of the afternoon. These waterways define the character of Wallend, creating a landscape that feels perpetually caught between the solidity of the land and the fluid movement of the sea. Sparse grasses bend under the constant pressure of the wind, bowing as if in quiet acknowledgement of the elements. In this expanse, the presence of the Isle of Grain Coastal Park serves as a reminder of the shifting boundary between reclaimed industrial ground and the reclamation of the wild. Wallend remains a place of austere beauty, where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic call of wading birds navigating the reeds.
Flight conditions near Wallend. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Wallend and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wallend, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wallend, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Wallend includes coordinates 51.45195, 0.701064, 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 Wallend is available on the Wallend 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.