Newtown, Isle of Wight Weather
About Newtown, Isle of Wight
Newtown breathes in the salt-heavy air of the Solent, where the tide carves intricate veins into the mudflats of its sheltered harbour. It lies 4.2 miles east of Yarmouth (from Yarmouth: bearing 83°T, OS grid SZ 423 906), and is situated north-east of Shalfleet village. The landscape surrounding Newtown remains a sanctuary for migratory wings, falling entirely within the protected reach of the Newtown Harbour SSSI. Where once the clamour of a bustling medieval port thrived, only the quiet stone of the Newtown Old Town Hall stands to witness the slow turning of the seasons. Visitors often pause near the timbered walls of the National Trust Gift Shop, where the light catches the estuary in a pale, shifting silver. Beyond the immediate footpaths, the Medieval Settlement and Cultivation Remains at Newtown provide a ghostly map of a busier age, now reclaimed by grass and the patient encroachment of the sea. The horizon is broken only by the silhouettes of bird hides, offering a silent vantage point over the stillness of the water. Newtown persists as a place where the history of a forgotten harbour is held in the balance between the encroaching marsh and the open sky.
Flight conditions near Newtown. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Newtown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Newtown, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newtown, 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 Newtown includes coordinates 50.713861, -1.400971, 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 Newtown is available on the Newtown 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.