Charlton, Wiltshire Weather
About Charlton, Wiltshire
Charlton emerges from the rolling chalk landscape of Wiltshire as a quiet assembly of stone and slate. It lies 2.7 miles east-south-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 108°T, OS grid ST 905 216), and is situated south-south-east of Ludwell village. The local terrain rises sharply toward the south-west, where the steep, winding incline of Zig-Zag Hill dominates the horizon. Ancient earthworks remain visible nearby, including the Bowl Barrow 380M West Of The Western Edge Of Hawcombe Copse, which marks the ridgeline with a stoic, prehistoric gravity. Visitors often find that the light here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the pale limestone walls of Charlton in a way that makes the architecture appear almost translucent during the late afternoon. Agriculture remains the quiet heartbeat of the surrounding fields, where the heavy scent of damp earth and crushed clover persists through the changing seasons. Further north, the Lower Coombe And Ferne Brook Meadows Sssi provides a vital refuge for diverse flora, filtering the cool air that drifts across the valley floor. Charlton maintains a reserved character, defined more by the patient rhythm of its seasonal harvests than by the encroaching pace of the modern world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Charlton, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charlton, Wiltshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Charlton includes coordinates 50.994517, -2.135999, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Charlton is available on the Charlton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.