Fishpond Bottom, Dorset Weather
About Fishpond Bottom, Dorset
Ancient tracks and thickets of gorse define the seclusion of Fishpond Bottom. It lies 4.2 miles north-north-east of Lyme Regis (from Lyme Regis: bearing 26°T, OS grid SY 370 982), and is situated south-west of Marshalsea village. The hamlet occupies a sheltered hollow where the light seems to linger, caught by the damp, verdant slopes that define the local topography. This quiet pocket of land sits directly within the Lambert's Castle SSSI, where the earth holds the stillness of centuries beneath its wild, tangled cover. To the north-north-east, the imposing contours of Lambert's Castle Hill rise abruptly, a silent sentinel of Iron Age memory watching over the valley floor. Fishpond Bottom remains a place of low horizons and heavy, fertile air, far removed from the clamour of the coast. The soil here, dark and rich, supports a landscape that feels less inhabited than merely endured by those who tend its narrow, winding lanes. Even the wind seems to lose its keen edge as it descends into the bowl of the valley, leaving the trees to rustle with a slow, deliberate cadence.
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About This Fishpond Bottom, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fishpond Bottom, 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 Fishpond Bottom includes coordinates 50.78057, -2.894666, 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 Fishpond Bottom is available on the Fishpond Bottom 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.