Shave Cross, Dorset Weather
About Shave Cross, Dorset
Shave Cross maintains a quiet presence amidst the rolling agricultural folds of the West Dorset landscape. It lies 4.4 miles north-west of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 315°T, OS grid SY 415 980), and is situated north-north-east of Ryall village. The River Char meanders just half a mile to the south, its waters tracing a path through the low-lying fields with a persistent, cold clarity. To the west, the earth rises toward the earthworks of Marshwood Castle, where the remains of the medieval structure hold the silence of centuries against the encroaching scrub. Shave Cross sits in a hollow where the light often lingers in long, amber shafts, catching the damp moss on ancient stone walls as the sun dips behind the high ridges. The surrounding terrain is defined by the heavy, iron-rich clay of the region, which demands much from those who labour upon it. From the higher vantage points, one can observe the distant, imposing silhouette of Pilsdon Pen, a reminder of the ancient people who once surveyed these same deep, shadowed vales. Time here seems to move with the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, unhurried by the clamour of the modern world beyond the hills.
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About This Shave Cross, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shave Cross, 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 Shave Cross includes coordinates 50.778787, -2.830592, 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 Shave Cross is available on the Shave Cross 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.