Pilford, Dorset Weather
About Pilford, Dorset
Pilford emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient geometry of field and lane. It lies 1.9 miles north-east of Wimborne Minster (from Wimborne Minster: bearing 52°T, OS grid SU 033 018), and is situated south of Broom Hill village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the light seems to linger longer against the pale, sandy soil characteristic of this corner of the county. To the south-east, the slopes of Cannon Hill rise with a modest, deliberate authority, their silhouettes marking the boundary between the cultivated garden and the encroaching wild. Residents of Pilford often walk toward the Cannon Hill Plantation, where the pine needles form a soft, russet carpet that muffles the sound of passing cars. This proximity to high ground offers a vantage point over the surrounding woods, catching the evening breeze that carries the scent of damp earth and distant salt. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a cool, sequestered quality that separates the daily life of Pilford from the busier rhythms of the nearby market town. These quiet lanes serve as a reminder that the geography of the South West is not merely a backdrop, but a persistent, living influence on every threshold.
Flight conditions near Pilford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Pilford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Pilford, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pilford, 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 Pilford includes coordinates 50.816179, -1.953262, 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 Pilford is available on the Pilford 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.