Chilcombe, Dorset Weather
About Chilcombe, Dorset
Chilcombe reveals itself as a sequestered fold in the Dorset landscape, where the land rises in quiet defiance of the sea. It lies 4.0 miles east-south-east of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 108°T, OS grid SY 527 909), and is situated south of Askerswell village. The horizon above the hamlet is dominated by the ancient earthworks of the Camp on Chilcombe Hill, a sprawling eleven-hectare reminder of those who once surveyed these slopes with a different intent. To the north-northeast, the Two Barrows on Chilcombe Hill rise as silent, rounded sentinels against the sky, their earthen forms softened by centuries of weather. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the sharp, limestone textures of the fields before spilling into the deep shadows of the surrounding combes. Chilcombe remains a place of rigorous, agricultural purpose, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the movement of the day more surely than any clock. The soil, heavy and dark, supports a pastoral existence that has long outlasted the vanity of empires. Here, the wind carries a salt-tinctured chill, a constant reminder that the English Channel exerts its pull upon this rugged, elevated terrain.
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About This Chilcombe, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chilcombe, 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 Chilcombe includes coordinates 50.715903, -2.67102, 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 Chilcombe is available on the Chilcombe 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.