New Town, Dorset Weather
About New Town, Dorset
New Town emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of daily life. It lies 3.3 miles north-north-east of Stalbridge (from Stalbridge: bearing 28°T, OS grid ST 760 225), and is situated west-south-west of Kington Magna village. The land here possesses a patient quality, defined by the steady inclination of the earth toward the rising slopes of Kington Hill to the east. Broad fields stretch between the hedgerows, catching a pale, translucent light that seems to linger longer over the pastures than in the deeper valleys. New Town maintains a modest character, eschewing grand architecture in favour of sturdy, functional stonework that reflects the practical spirit of the surrounding agricultural holdings. To the north-north-east, the low-lying expanse of Bainly Bottom catches the morning mist, which clings to the damp grass before vanishing under the warming sun. The air carries a crisp, clean clarity, untainted by the clamour of larger thoroughfares, allowing the subtle sounds of wind through the tall grasses to define the stillness. This quietude remains the true inheritance of New Town, where the horizon offers a vast, unhurried view of the English countryside.
Flight conditions near New Town. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for New Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This New Town, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Town, 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 New Town includes coordinates 51.001999, -2.34231, 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 New Town is available on the New Town 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.