Crooked Withies, Dorset Weather
About Crooked Withies, Dorset
Crooked Withies emerges from the low-lying Dorset heathland as a quiet intersection of paths and ancient, scrubby growth. It lies 3.0 miles south-west of Verwood (from Verwood: bearing 217°T, OS grid SU 056 052), and is situated south-west of Mannington village. The landscape here remains defined by the Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSI, where the air possesses a sharp, clean clarity that clings to the heather and wiry gorse. Beneath the open sky, Crooked Withies maintains a stark, unadorned character that resists the encroaching pace of the modern world. A short distance to the south, the earth rises slightly to support the Bull Barrow on Holt Heath, a silent monument that casts a long, thoughtful shadow over the surrounding expanse. The terrain is defined by the damp, quiet presence of Cocks' Moor Pond, which reflects the shifting grey and amber light of the Dorset clouds. This expanse of protected nature preserves a sense of solitude, allowing the wind to move across the terrain without impediment. Crooked Withies occupies a position of understated permanence, where the geology of the heath dictates the slow, deliberate rhythm of the day.
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About This Crooked Withies, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crooked Withies, 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 Crooked Withies includes coordinates 50.846772, -1.9214, 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 Crooked Withies is available on the Crooked Withies 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.