Lillington reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings gathered upon the limestone ridges of Dorset. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-west of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 193°T, OS grid ST 629 127), and is situated west-south-west of Longburton village. The land here rises and falls with a deliberate, slow patience, carrying the heavy scent of damp earth and churned fields after a spring rain. To the south-east, the waters of the Fishpond remain as a silent, scheduled mirror to the sky, reflecting the grey-stoned architecture of the parish church. Beyond the immediate pastures, the slopes of Lillington Hill assert a modest authority over the horizon, catching the low, pale light of late afternoon. These elevations define the character of Lillington, separating the domestic hearths from the wider, wind-swept tracts of the countryside. A person walking these lanes might notice how the shadows stretch long and thin, clinging to the dry-stone walls as if reluctant to surrender the day. Through this stillness, Lillington maintains a rhythm dictated more by the turning of the seasons than by the urgent demands of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lillington, 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 Lillington includes coordinates 50.91297, -2.528905, 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 Lillington is available on the Lillington 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.