Cridmore remains a quiet anchor of the central Isle of Wight, where the landscape stretches out in unassuming, verdant reaches. It lies 4.2 miles south of Newport (from Newport: bearing 183°T, OS grid SZ 497 824), and is situated south-west of Rookley village. Low-lying fields define the horizon here, carrying a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the wider world. To the south, the damp, rich earth of Cridmore Bog SSSI cradles a quiet complexity of flora, where the light catches the reeds in pale, flickering ribbons. Cridmore sits within a landscape of subtle transitions, where the ground rises toward the west to meet the slopes of Berry Hill. The air here holds a clarity that softens the sharp edges of the horizon, lending the sky a vast, airy quality during the late afternoon. Nature dictates the rhythm of the day, as the land gently slopes away from the higher ground toward the sheltered pockets of water nearby. Cridmore stands as a testament to the quiet endurance of the island’s interior, where the soil and the sky engage in a persistent, silent dialogue.
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Live animated radar for Cridmore and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cridmore, Isle of Wight, 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 Cridmore includes coordinates 50.639574, -1.298342, in the county of Isle of Wight, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cridmore is available on the Cridmore map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Isle of Wight 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.