Three Gates, Dorset Weather
About Three Gates, Dorset
Three Gates emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the shifting moods of the West Country sky. It lies 5.6 miles south of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 183°T, OS grid ST 633 077), and is situated west-north-west of Hermitage village. The terrain here rises in modest swells, where the morning light often catches the damp, heavy clay of the fields before the mist has fully retreated. To the north-west, the earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze near White Hall Farm offer a silent, circular geometry that has lingered in the grass for centuries. Three Gates maintains a watchful proximity to the higher ground of Telegraph Hill, which stands as a dark, brooding silhouette against the southern horizon. Life in Three Gates follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding farmland, where the hedgerows are thick with the tangled growth of hawthorn and elder. The air carries a distinct, sharp clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the stone walls and timber gates. Visitors traversing these lanes find that the landscape demands a measured pace, rewarding those who observe how the shadows lengthen across the chalky soil as the day wanes.
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Live animated radar for Three Gates and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Three Gates, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Three Gates, 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 Three Gates includes coordinates 50.867724, -2.522111, 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 Three Gates is available on the Three Gates 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.