Coldharbour, Dorset Weather
About Coldharbour, Dorset
Coldharbour maintains a quiet, sequestered existence amidst the low-lying pastures of the Dorset countryside. It lies 1.0 miles north-east of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 50°T, OS grid SY 657 816), and is situated south-east of Buckland Ripers village. The topography here is defined by a subtle, damp reclamation of the land, where the horizon often blurs into the grey-green expanse of the Radipole Lake SSSi. Coldharbour occupies a landscape that feels perpetually expectant, caught in the transition between the solid earth of the chalk ridges and the fluid, shifting margins of the wetland. Light catches the reeds with a metallic sheen, casting long, melancholic shadows that stretch toward the nearby Humpty Dumpty Field. This proximity to the water gives the air a brackish, heavy quality, thick with the scent of salt and decaying sedge. To walk the paths of Coldharbour is to observe the friction between ancient agricultural boundaries and the relentless, creeping influence of the tides. The silence here is not empty but resonant, punctuated only by the sudden, sharp alarm of waterfowl rising from the marshy fringes.
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About This Coldharbour, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coldharbour, 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 Coldharbour includes coordinates 50.633486, -2.485816, 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 Coldharbour is available on the Coldharbour 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.