Quarr, Dorset Weather
About Quarr, Dorset
Quarr reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings caught in the quiet, pastoral folds of the Dorset landscape. It lies 2.6 miles west of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 263°T, OS grid ST 765 260), and is situated north-north-east of Buckhorn Weston village. The light here often settles with a peculiar, heavy clarity upon the fields, highlighting the subtle shifts in elevation that define the local topography. To the north-east, the low-lying expanse of Bainly Bottom catches the morning mist, drawing moisture from the air to sustain the verdant, heavy grasses. The nearby Stock Water traces a deliberate, winding path through the heavy clay, its progress marked by the silvered silhouettes of willows that shiver in the slightest breeze. Quarr retains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the clamour of larger thoroughfares, where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic machinery of agricultural life. Ancient hedgerows border the narrow lanes, acting as living walls that have long shielded the land from the encroaching pace of modernity. Visitors might catch a glimpse of the distant, rounded summits that frame the horizon, offering a stark contrast to the intimate, enclosed scale of the immediate meadows.
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About This Quarr, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Quarr, 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 Quarr includes coordinates 51.033159, -2.335438, 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 Quarr is available on the Quarr 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.