Glue Hill rises as a quiet, verdant shoulder of land overlooking the meandering progress of the Stour Valley. It lies 0.7 miles south-south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 212°T, OS grid ST 780 131), and is situated west-north-west of Broad Oak village. The terrain here possesses a heavy, clay-rich temperament, where the morning mist clings to the hedgerows long after the sun has claimed the higher pastures. To the east, the silver ribbon of Coombs Stream traces a path through the fields, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of a Dorset sky. Fragments of the past linger in the soil, echoing the presence of the nearby Sturminster Castle, which rests as a silent, earthwork shadow upon the landscape. Glue Hill serves as a bridge between the bustle of the nearby market town and the deep, hushed solitude of the ancient woods. Here, the wind carries a faint scent of damp earth and turning leaves, marking the slow, seasonal pulse of the countryside. Through these fields, the light often flattens into long, golden bars, illuminating the simple grace of a geography defined by slow growth and enduring stone.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glue Hill, 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 Glue Hill includes coordinates 50.917631, -2.314192, 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 Glue Hill is available on the Glue Hill 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.