Swyre, Dorset Weather
About Swyre, Dorset
Swyre emerges from the limestone bedrock of Dorset as a collection of honey-toned houses caught in the restless salt-breeze of the English Channel. It lies 4.8 miles south-east of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 127°T, OS grid SY 526 882), and is situated west-south-west of Puncknowle village. The terrain rises sharply to the west where Beacon Knap commands a view of the shifting tides, its slopes holding the silence of centuries in the thin, windswept grass. Swyre maintains a quiet composure, its architecture defined by the sturdy, local stone that seems to drink the pale, watery sunlight of the coast. To the east, the distinct, rounded silhouettes of Three Bowl Barrows On The Knoll 450M North West Of Treetops break the horizon, reminding the observer of an older, buried presence beneath the modern pastures. The fields around Swyre carry the scent of crushed clover and sea-salt, a sharp, bracing air that keeps the dampness of the valley at bay. Cattle graze with a slow, deliberate rhythm, their movements marking the passage of hours against the backdrop of the undulating Jurassic cliffs. Each lane in Swyre feels like an intimate conversation between the land and those who have walked it, a path worn smooth by the persistent, unthinking gravity of rural life.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swyre, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swyre, 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 Swyre includes coordinates 50.691977, -2.671882, 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 Swyre is available on the Swyre 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.