Winyard's Gap, Dorset Weather
About Winyard's Gap, Dorset
Winyard's Gap commands a high, windswept ridge where the horizon dissolves into the soft, bruised colours of the Dorset sky. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 12°T, OS grid ST 491 061), and is situated north-north-east of Chedington village. The wind here carries a persistent, scouring energy, moving across the open plateau with a clarity that renders the distant trees distinct and sharp. To the north-north-east, the dense canopy of Chedington Woods gathers like a dark, gathering silence against the slope. Travellers passing through Winyard's Gap often pause to observe how the light catches the limestone outcrops, revealing a geology that feels older and more indifferent than the surrounding fields. A short distance away, the quiet waters of the Rakespit Lakes mirror the fleeting movements of clouds, providing a brief, reflective stillness in the landscape. This vantage point acts as a natural threshold between the valleys, holding a quiet authority over the routes that cross the high ground. The air remains thin and bracing, stripped of the heavy humidity found in the lower, sheltered hollows.
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About This Winyard's Gap, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winyard's Gap, 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 Winyard's Gap includes coordinates 50.852743, -2.724095, 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 Winyard's Gap is available on the Winyard's Gap 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.