Shroton, Dorset Weather
About Shroton, Dorset
Shroton occupies a sheltered hollow where the chalk earth meets the sky in a long, unbroken arc. It lies 4.2 miles north-north-west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 338°T, OS grid ST 859 127), and is situated south-south-west of Iwerne Minster village. The architecture of Shroton gathers around a wide green, where the flint-knapped walls catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. To the west, the ramparts of the Causewayed Camp on Hambledon Hill rise as a permanent sentinel, marking the ancient, grass-grown boundaries of human ambition. The landscape here falls within the Hod and Hambledon Hills SSSI, a terrain defined by rare orchids and the sharp, clean scent of dry chalk slopes. Farmers still work the fields that roll toward the horizon, their tractors tracing patterns against the darker folds of the land. History is felt in the weight of the stone and the silence of the high ridges, where the wind carries the memory of iron tools and heavy wool. This corner of Dorset remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, keeping the memory of the land as clear as the morning frost.
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About This Shroton, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shroton, 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 Shroton includes coordinates 50.913978, -2.201126, 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 Shroton is available on the Shroton 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.