The Folly, Dorset Weather
About The Folly, Dorset
The Folly endures as a cluster of quiet dwellings marking a singular point in the Dorset landscape. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 841 081), and is situated west-south-west of Durweston village. Sunlight here catches the flint and chalk, casting long, sharp shadows that define the edges of the fields as the day wanes. To the north-north-west, the terrain drops into the hidden, verdant basin of Hillcombe Bottom, where the air grows heavy and still. The Folly feels detached from the industry of the larger market towns, existing in a pocket of silence that seems to stretch toward the dense canopy of Eastcombe Wood. Ancient rhythms of agriculture persist in the surrounding acreage, where the soil is thin and demanding. The nearby rise of Shillingstone Hill looms as a constant, immovable presence against the shifting grey of the sky. In this corner of the South West, the wind carries a faint, persistent cold that reminds those who pass through of the indifferent age of the hills.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Folly, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Folly, 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 The Folly includes coordinates 50.873015, -2.227042, 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 The Folly is available on the The Folly 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.