Trent, Dorset Weather
About Trent, Dorset
Trent reveals itself as a collection of honey-coloured stone cottages, their mullioned windows catching the low, pale light of the Dorset afternoon. It lies 2.9 miles north-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 54°T, OS grid ST 593 185), and is situated north-north-west of Nether Compton village. The landscape around Trent rises into the modest, grassy spine of Birch Hill, which commands a view over the verdant patchwork of fields below. Below these slopes, the waters of Trent Brook meander with a quiet, silver persistence, marking the edge of the parish with a rhythmic pulse. The church of St Andrew holds a slender, soaring spire that serves as a landmark for travellers crossing the surrounding limestone plateau. Centuries of agricultural labour have smoothed the nearby hillsides, leaving a terrain that feels both ancient and deeply settled. The architecture, crafted from the local Hamstone, glows with a warmth that seems to store the summer heat long after the sun has dipped behind the horizon. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the spirit in a place where the seasons dictate the pace of every passing day.
Flight conditions near Trent. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Trent and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Trent, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Trent, 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 Trent includes coordinates 50.964983, -2.579849, 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 Trent is available on the Trent 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.