Weston emerges from the verdant folds of the Dorset landscape as a quiet assembly of stone and slate. It lies 3.3 miles north-north-east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 30°T, OS grid ST 507 059), and is situated west-north-west of Corscombe village. The horizon here is dominated by the austere presence of Crook Hill, which watches over the northern approaches with a heavy, ancient silence. To the north-east, the protected wildness of Bracket's Coppice and Ryewater Farm SSSI offers a sanctuary where the light catches the dew on undisturbed flora with a singular, sharp clarity. Weston remains tethered to this rugged topography, defined by the slow, seasonal shifts of the surrounding pastureland. The air across Weston carries a crisp quality, sharpened by its proximity to these elevated ridges and the damp, low-lying currents of the valleys. Such isolation preserves a stillness that seems to slow the very passage of the afternoon sun against the limestone walls. This geography dictates the rhythm of life, grounding Weston firmly in the deep, unyielding earth of the West Country.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Weston, 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 Weston includes coordinates 50.85066, -2.701477, 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 Weston is available on the Weston 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.