Leigh, Dorset Weather
About Leigh, Dorset
Leigh emerges from the Dorset landscape as a collection of limestone cottages that catch the pale morning light against a backdrop of rolling agricultural pastures. It lies 5.2 miles south-south-west of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 194°T, OS grid ST 617 086), and is situated east-north-east of Chetnole village. Lanes wind between thick hedgerows that have long served as the silent boundaries of these ancient fields, their roots drinking deep from the heavy clay soil. A profound stillness lingers near the Medieval Standing Cross 320M East Of St Andrew's Church, where the weathered stone seems to absorb the passing hours of the day. Beyond the quiet cluster of dwellings, the earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250M South East Of White Hall Farm offer a faint, circular ghost of past recreations upon the land. The horizon to the north is anchored by the steady presence of Knighton Hill, which guards the passage of wind across the low-lying meadows. Leigh maintains a character defined by the slow turnover of the seasons and the unwavering rhythm of the Dorset countryside. Every garden wall and overgrown path reveals how Leigh remains tethered to the patient, unhurried demands of the earth.
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Live animated radar for Leigh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Leigh, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leigh, 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 Leigh includes coordinates 50.875766, -2.545084, 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 Leigh is available on the Leigh 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.