Dilton remains a quiet, sequestered enclave where the ancient rhythms of the landscape persist beneath an expansive Hampshire sky. It lies 3.7 miles north of Lymington (from Lymington: bearing 4°T, OS grid SU 327 014), and is situated south-east of Balmerlawn village. This small cluster of dwellings resides entirely within the protected expanse of the New Forest National Park, maintaining a modest presence amidst the sweeping heath and timber. To the north-west, the dense foliage of the Perrywood Ironshill Inclosure catches the morning light, casting long, lean shadows across the damp earth. The ground rises gently toward the east, where the slopes of Furze Hill offer a vantage point over the surrounding woods. Much of the land here falls under the ecological guardianship of the Roydon Woods SSSI, where the tangle of hazel and oak provides a sanctuary for quiet, woodland life. Dilton holds to a deliberate stillness, indifferent to the hurried pace of modern transit that passes by its periphery. Here, the air carries the scent of pine needles and damp leaf mould, a reminder of the forest’s enduring influence on the character of the ground.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dilton, Hampshire, 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 Dilton includes coordinates 50.811788, -1.536461, in the county of Hampshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Dilton is available on the Dilton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Hampshire 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.