Waddon, Dorset Weather
About Waddon, Dorset
Waddon commands a quiet corner of the Dorset landscape, where the chalk downs rise in pale, sweeping curves against the sky. It lies 3.5 miles north-north-west of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 333°T, OS grid SY 620 857), and is situated east of Portesham village. Ancient earthworks mark the high ground here, with the Round Barrow E Of The Buildings standing as a silent, grassy sentinel just a short distance to the north-west. The land falls away toward the east into the deep, secret fold of Hell Bottom, where the light catches the dew long after the sun has climbed above the horizon. Winds carry the sharp, clean scent of limestone and crushed grass across the ridges that define the horizon of Waddon. Travelers crossing the open expanse of Bronkham Hill encounter a terrain shaped by centuries of pastoral husbandry, where sheep graze amongst the remnants of a prehistoric landscape. The air remains thin and bright at these elevations, offering a clarity that reveals the distant, shimmering blue of the English Channel. Waddon maintains a solitary character, indifferent to the haste of modern transit, holding its history in the quiet resistance of stone and soil.
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About This Waddon, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Waddon, 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 Waddon includes coordinates 50.669934, -2.53896, 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 Waddon is available on the Waddon 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.