Burton Bradstock, Dorset Weather
About Burton Bradstock, Dorset
Burton Bradstock reveals itself through honey-coloured stone cottages that seem to have grown directly from the Dorset earth. It lies 2.5 miles south-east of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 146°T, OS grid SY 488 895), and is situated south-south-west of Shipton Gorge village. The River Bride winds a quiet, silver course through the lanes, feeding the lush meadows that buffer the houses from the encroaching sea. To the south, the golden cliffs of Hive Beach rise like a rampart, offering a sharp, salt-crusted contrast to the inland calm of the thatched roofs. A short walk away, the Burton Bradstock SSSI protects the fragile, shifting geology of the coast, where the land meets the English Channel in a slow, relentless conversation of erosion. The high ridge of Wennet Hill stands watch over the western approach, its grassy flanks catching the fading light in long, amber shadows that stretch toward the valley floor. History lingers in the local architecture, where centuries of maritime winds have polished the limestone until it glows with a soft, pearlescent lustre. Residents often find that the horizon here is never static, as the sky constantly reconfigures the mood of the coastline.
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About This Burton Bradstock, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Burton Bradstock includes coordinates 50.703236, -2.725953, in the county of Dorset, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Burton Bradstock is available on the Burton Bradstock map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Dorset 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.