Upwey, Dorset Weather
About Upwey, Dorset
Upwey reveals its character through the cool, limestone-filtered waters of the River Wey that rise from a local spring to carve a path through the chalky Dorset earth. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 25°T, OS grid SY 665 848), and is situated north-east of Buckland Ripers village. High above the rooftops, the ancient silhouette of Ridgeway Hill commands the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the valley floor where the morning light catches the dew on low-lying meadows. The landscape bears the marks of deep time, with the windswept slopes near the Upwey Quarries and Bincombe Down SSSI offering a stark, rugged contrast to the sheltered gardens below. Residents often walk the paths where the ghosts of antiquity linger, tracing the ridges that hold the silent weight of prehistoric earthworks. The air here carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, particularly when the breeze drifts down from the open heights toward the hidden, verdant pockets of the valley. Stone walls, weathered to a soft grey by centuries of salt-laden air, define the boundaries of properties that have watched the seasons turn for generations. Upwey maintains a quiet dignity, grounded in the geology of the chalk downs and the persistent, life-giving flow of its subterranean springs.
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About This Upwey, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upwey, 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 Upwey includes coordinates 50.661922, -2.474762, 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 Upwey is available on the Upwey 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.