Newgrounds emerges from the wilder edges of the Hampshire landscape, defined by the rugged character of the surrounding heathland. It lies 2.0 miles east of Fordingbridge (from Fordingbridge: bearing 87°T, OS grid SU 180 144), and is situated south-east of Godshill village. The air here holds a distinct clarity, drawn across the open spaces of the New Forest National Park, where the horizon feels vast and untamed. Just a short distance to the north, the slopes of Hart Hill rise to catch the first light of dawn before it reaches the lower ground. Beyond the quiet tracks, the ancient earthworks of the Bowl Barrow on Hampton Ridge loom as silent, grassy mounds against the sky. Newgrounds maintains a stark simplicity, avoiding the ornamental clutter of more manicured reaches in favour of raw, exposed terrain. The persistent wind from the coast often carries the scent of damp gorse and peat, grounding the hamlet in a cycle of weather that has remained unchanged for centuries. Every path leading away from the houses seems to dissolve into the heather, inviting a slow, deliberate pace of life.
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Live animated radar for Newgrounds and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newgrounds, 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 Newgrounds includes coordinates 50.928898, -1.744025, 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 Newgrounds is available on the Newgrounds 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.