St Lawrence unfurls along the southern coast of the Isle of Wight, where the Undercliff creates a dramatic, broken terrace between the rising downs and the hungry sea. It lies 2.0 miles west-south-west of Ventnor (from Ventnor: bearing 252°T, OS grid SZ 532 765), and is situated south-east of Whitwell village. The land here possesses a restless, shifting character, prone to ancient slides that have shaped the rugged topography into a series of sheltered, verdant pockets. To the east, the St. Lawrence Bank Sssi marks the landscape with rare botanical treasures that cling to the limestone slopes, thriving in the mild, maritime air. St Lawrence remains defined by these steep, tumbled cliffs which drop away toward the rhythmic surge of the English Channel. Near the salt-sprayed edge, the quiet presence of Binnel Point serves as a reminder of the wild, untamed nature of this shoreline. The local architecture often incorporates the native stone, grounding each structure firmly into the unstable, beautiful earth of the island's southern flank. Sunlight catches the salt-bleached foliage and the crumbling masonry of the coast, imbuing the atmosphere with a luminous, transient clarity unique to this sheltered corner of the world.
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Live animated radar for St Lawrence and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Lawrence, 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 St Lawrence includes coordinates 50.586234, -1.24872, 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 St Lawrence is available on the St Lawrence 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.