Mannington, Dorset Weather
About Mannington, Dorset
Mannington emerges from the quiet Dorset landscape as a scattering of dwellings defined by the low, insistent light of the heath. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of Verwood (from Verwood: bearing 214°T, OS grid SU 062 056), and is situated east of Holt Wood village. The earth here holds a stubborn, sandy character, forming part of the vast, open expanse of the Holt Heath National Nature Reserve. Ancient barrows rise from the ground like deliberate, grassy breaths, including the weathered elevation of the Bull Barrow on Holt Heath positioned just to the south-west. Mannington maintains a stillness that suggests the deep time of the surrounding soils, where the wind carries the scent of gorse and damp earth across the fields. The light frequently catches the muted tones of the vegetation, highlighting the sparse, hardy beauty of the terrain. Local life remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, far removed from the clamour of larger, more frantic centres of industry. Mannington remains a place where the horizon feels vast, unburdened by the weight of modern architecture or intrusive change.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mannington, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mannington, 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 Mannington includes coordinates 50.850731, -1.912188, 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 Mannington is available on the Mannington 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.