Yelsted, Kent Weather
About Yelsted, Kent
Yelsted emerges as a quiet punctuation mark upon the rolling chalk landscape of Kent, where the land tilts toward the North Downs in a series of subtle, grassy swells. It lies 3.2 miles south-south-east of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 148°T, OS grid TQ 824 622), and is situated west-north-west of Stockbury village. A crisp, pale light often clarifies the horizon here, revealing the nearby slopes of the Queendown Warren SSSI where rare orchids cling to the steep, sun-warmed banks. The atmosphere in Yelsted remains defined by the deliberate pace of its narrow lanes, which seem to hold the stillness of the surrounding orchards long after the harvest has concluded. To the west, the chalky elevation of Purple Hill SSSI provides a natural rampart, its quiet flanks offering a refuge for wildlife that thrives away from the restless transit of the wider world. Ancient hedgerows trace the boundaries of the fields, their tangled branches marking the passage of seasons with a slow, vegetative patience. Yelsted maintains a character of profound seclusion, where the modern hum of the distant coast is softened by the heavy, fertile silence of the inland earth.
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Live animated radar for Yelsted and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Yelsted, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yelsted, 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 Yelsted includes coordinates 51.330502, 0.6177, 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 Yelsted is available on the Yelsted 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.