Cattistock, Dorset Weather
About Cattistock, Dorset
Cattistock reveals its character through the golden, honey-hued limestone of its architecture, which seems to capture and hold the fading warmth of the Dorset sun long after evening falls. It lies 7.0 miles east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 98°T, OS grid SY 591 996), and is situated north of Tollerford village. The parish church, with its remarkably tall and ornate tower, dominates the skyline, acting as a vertical anchor amidst the rolling contours of the surrounding chalk downs. A short walk to the north-east leads to the ancient earthworks of The Castle Hillfort, where the wind carries a persistent, restless energy over the grassy ramparts. Below these heights, the land softens into the quiet, sheltered expanse of Charity Bottom, where the seasonal moisture encourages a lush, verdant growth in the valley floor. Cattistock remains defined by this relationship between the high, exposed ridges and the hidden, damp hollows that characterise this part of the county. The rhythm of daily life here follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the clamour of more industrialised centres. Through every lane and hedgerow, the landscape retains a dignified composure, indifferent to the passing of the modern age.
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About This Cattistock, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cattistock, 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 Cattistock includes coordinates 50.794749, -2.58103, 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 Cattistock is available on the Cattistock 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.