Rew reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings anchored to the chalky spine of the Dorset landscape. It lies 7.7 miles south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 225°T, OS grid ST 698 054), and is situated east-north-east of Woolford's Water village. The horizon here is dominated by the steep, grassy rise of Knoll, which looms to the south-south-east like a silent sentinel watching over the low-lying pastures. Below this elevation, the air holds a particular clarity that catches the pale, autumnal sunlight, turning the fields into sheets of polished copper. Rew maintains a stoic independence, its boundaries defined by the rugged slopes that rise sharply to the north toward the ancient earthworks of Dungeon Hill. Travellers passing through notice the absence of artifice in the lanes, where the limestone walls seem to have grown directly from the bedrock. Life in Rew follows the patient turning of the seasons, dictated by the shifting shadows cast by the surrounding hills as they darken against the evening sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rew, 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 Rew includes coordinates 50.847616, -2.4297, 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 Rew is available on the Rew 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.