Poxwell, Dorset Weather
About Poxwell, Dorset
Poxwell exhales a quiet stillness that mirrors the ancient, flint-strewn chalk hills rising sharply toward the Dorset sky. It lies 5.1 miles south-east of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 142°T, OS grid SY 741 841), and is situated north-north-east of Osmington Mills village. Sunlight catches the honey-coloured stone of Poxwell Manor, a structure that has witnessed the slow rotation of seasons across the surrounding limestone plateaus for centuries. To the east, the weathered earth of the Barrow 500Yds (450M) E Of Village holds the memory of early inhabitants beneath its silent, grassy rise. Pale limestone dust clings to the lanes that wind through the terrain, connecting the modest dwellings to the expansive, open vistas of the nearby Poxwell Sssi. The landscape here does not merely exist; it commands a deliberate, earthy presence, defined by the sharp clarity of the sea air blowing in from the coast. Even the shadows cast by the afternoon sun seem to possess a tactile weight, deepening the hollows of the land in a display of natural geometry. Poxwell remains a place where the horizon feels exceptionally wide, inviting the eye to trace the faint, ancient lines etched into the surface of the rolling downs.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Poxwell, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poxwell, 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 Poxwell includes coordinates 50.656763, -2.366997, 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 Poxwell is available on the Poxwell 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.