Eltham, London Weather
About Eltham, London
Eltham maintains a distinctive character within the Greenwich district, where suburban expansion meets the lingering echoes of royal history. It lies 6.2 miles north-west of Swanley (from Swanley: bearing 306°T, OS grid TQ 430 744), and is situated west-north-west of North Cray village. The landscape here holds the weight of centuries, particularly where the medieval moat of Eltham Palace reflects the shifting London sky in its dark, still waters. Beyond these historic grounds, the Well Hall Pleasaunce offers a quiet sanctuary, its formal gardens providing a soft contrast to the brisk pace of modern transport links. Ancient paths wind through the district, connecting pockets of green space that seem to hold the morning mist longer than the surrounding streets. Bob Hope once walked these thoroughfares as a boy, long before the lights of Hollywood obscured the humbler, brick-lined horizons of his youth. Today, the local economy thrives upon the steady pulse of a commuter hub, yet the architecture retains a stubborn, traditional solidity. Even in the height of summer, the air in Eltham carries a faint, cool sharpness, as if the memory of old forests still breathes beneath the pavement.
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About This Eltham, London Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eltham, London, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Eltham includes coordinates 51.450747, 0.057247, in the county of London, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Eltham is available on the Eltham map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the London 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.