Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire Weather
About Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire
Swallowcliffe reveals itself as a collection of honey-hued stone dwellings that seem to have emerged directly from the chalky Wiltshire soil. It lies 6.8 miles east-north-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 68°T, OS grid ST 965 271), and is situated east-north-east of Ansty village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, silent presence of Castle Ditches Camp, an Iron Age fort that watches over the valley with the stoic patience of a forgotten king. Beyond these ancient earthworks, the land rolls upward toward the Round Barrow on Swallowcliffe Down, where the horizon feels thin and permeable. Sunlight often lingers on the limestone walls of the local cottages, casting long, melancholic shadows that stretch across the lanes as evening approaches. Swallowcliffe maintains a quiet dignity, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world that pulses miles away. The air carries a crisp, mineral quality, sharpened by the proximity of high chalk ridges and the deep, silent cooling of the earth. Time here is measured not by clocks, but by the slow rotation of the seasons across the open, wind-swept heights.
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About This Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swallowcliffe, 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 Swallowcliffe includes coordinates 51.043773, -2.050844, 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 Swallowcliffe is available on the Swallowcliffe 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.