Old Wardour, Wiltshire Weather
About Old Wardour, Wiltshire
Old Wardour commands a quiet corner of the Wiltshire landscape, where the air retains a distinctive, cool clarity peculiar to the chalk downlands. It lies 5.0 miles east-north-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 65°T, OS grid ST 937 263), and is situated south-east of Wardour village. The ruins of Old Wardour Castle dominate the immediate horizon, their hexagonal walls rising like a fractured crown above the surrounding greenery. A short distance away, the still surface of Creswell's Pond reflects the shifting grey-blue of the English sky, providing a mirror to the surrounding woodland. Beyond these waters, the land rises toward the wooded crest of Rebbeck's Hill, which serves as a natural bulwark against the prevailing winds. The Grade II* listed gardens, spanning hundreds of hectares, offer a sprawling expanse where nature and design have long since reached a melancholy equilibrium. Old Wardour remains defined by the skeletal elegance of its medieval masonry and the heavy, silent repose of its historic parkland. This peculiar stillness lends the site an atmosphere of detached observation, as if the landscape itself is waiting for a history long concluded to resume its course.
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About This Old Wardour, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Wardour, 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 Old Wardour includes coordinates 51.036421, -2.089985, 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 Old Wardour is available on the Old Wardour 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.