Friar Waddon, Dorset Weather
About Friar Waddon, Dorset
Friar Waddon emerges from the chalky Dorset earth as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the austere, rolling contours of the surrounding downland. It lies 3.2 miles north of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 355°T, OS grid SY 640 857), and is situated north-north-west of Buckland Ripers village. The slopes of Friar Waddon Hill rise sharply just to the south, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the pastures as the afternoon light begins to thin. Below these heights, the landscape retains a primitive stillness, marked by the presence of two bowl barrows that sit as silent, grass-covered sentinels near Friar Waddon House. These ancient mounds command a view over the limestone-rich ground, where the air often tastes of salt carried inland from the distant coast. To the south-west, the Corton Cutting Sssi preserves a rugged, unmanicured geology that resists the smoothing hand of modern agriculture. Friar Waddon remains a place where the horizon feels heavy with the accumulation of centuries, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond its ridges.
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About This Friar Waddon, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friar Waddon, 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 Friar Waddon includes coordinates 50.670632, -2.509817, 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 Friar Waddon is available on the Friar Waddon 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.