Stratton, Dorset Weather
About Stratton, Dorset
Stratton reveals itself through a quiet geometry of stone and verdant pasture, marking a singular presence within the Dorset landscape. It lies 3.0 miles north-west of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 308°T, OS grid SY 653 937), and is situated north-west of Bradford Peverell village. Sunlight often lingers upon the ancient, weathered surface of the cross in St Mary’s Churchyard, where the passage of centuries is measured not in hours, but in the slow deepening of lichen across the carved grit. To the south, the terrain dips into the hollow of Strap Bottom, a verdant depression that catches the morning mist before the warmth of the day can dissipate the grey veil. Stratton maintains an intimate scale, where the horizon is defined by the deliberate, earthen rise of Penn Hill, standing as a silent sentinel over the fields. The land here possesses an unyielding clarity, as if the very air has been rinsed by the proximity of the coast and the persistent, low-lying currents of the regional climate. Every lane and boundary hedge serves to anchor Stratton to the earth, creating a distinct sense of permanence that defies the restless pace of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Stratton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Stratton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stratton, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stratton, 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 Stratton includes coordinates 50.742352, -2.492356, 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 Stratton is available on the Stratton 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.