Haydon, Dorset Weather
About Haydon, Dorset
Haydon emerges from the quiet Dorset landscape as a cluster of stone and slate held fast by the slow, turning seasons. It lies 2.0 miles east-south-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 106°T, OS grid ST 670 157), and is situated north-north-east of Alweston village. The horizon here is dominated by the gentle, rolling contours of Muse Hill, which catches the morning light and casts long, cooling shadows over the quiet fields of Haydon. To the west, the expansive grounds of Sherborne Castle provide a verdant, historic backdrop, where the air retains a heavy, ancient stillness. The soil, rich with the heavy clay characteristic of this part of the Blackmore Vale, has long dictated the rhythm of the local agricultural life. Winter rains often linger in the low-lying hollows, reflecting the pale, thin sky like fractured mirrors. Paths wind through the hedgerows with a deliberate, aimless grace, connecting the solitary dwellings to the wider, open country. Haydon remains a place of profound solitude, where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the rustle of leaves and the steady, unobserved passage of time.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Haydon, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Haydon, 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 Haydon includes coordinates 50.940025, -2.470872, 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 Haydon is available on the Haydon 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.