Fiddleford, Dorset Weather
About Fiddleford, Dorset
Sunlight catches the limestone gables of Fiddleford, casting long, sharp shadows across the water meadows that define the character of this ancient place. It lies 1.3 miles east-south-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 114°T, OS grid ST 805 133), and is situated east-north-east of Broad Oak village. The River Stour curves through the low-lying fields here, its currents often carrying the scent of damp earth and crushed reeds toward the medieval stonework of Fiddleford Manor. A short walk to the west, the canopy of Piddles Wood Sssi rises as a dense, verdant wall against the horizon, shielding the land from the prevailing winds. The soil is rich and heavy, demanding much from those who work the earth, yet it rewards the eye with a profound, quiet fertility. History lingers in the silence of the surrounding pastures, where the remains of the Deserted Medieval Village At Darknoll Farm offer a stark reminder of lives once lived in these quiet corners. Fiddleford remains a place of singular composure, where the passage of the seasons is marked by the shifting colours of the canopy and the persistent, unforced flow of the river.
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Live animated radar for Fiddleford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fiddleford, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fiddleford, 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 Fiddleford includes coordinates 50.919359, -2.278283, 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 Fiddleford is available on the Fiddleford 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.