Wincombe, Wiltshire Weather
About Wincombe, Wiltshire
Wincombe remains a quiet pocket of Wiltshire where the land rises in thoughtful, measured slopes toward the chalk downs. It lies 2.3 miles east-north-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 60°T, OS grid ST 896 248), and is situated west-north-west of Donhead St Mary village. The horizon here is dominated by the ancient earthworks of Castle Rings Camp, an iron-age presence that watches over the fields with a silent, heavy gravity. Below these slopes, the damp, sequestered reaches of Britmore Bog provide a stark contrast to the drier, elevated pastures that define the local topography. The light in Wincombe often catches the limestone walls of nearby dwellings, turning the stone into a pale, translucent honey during the late afternoon. Travellers traversing the lanes toward the Gutch Common Sssi observe a landscape that has long resisted the frantic pace of modernity, favouring instead the slow, seasonal pulse of the countryside. This distinct corner of the South West retains a character defined by its limestone foundations and the austere beauty of its high, open ridges.
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About This Wincombe, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wincombe, 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 Wincombe includes coordinates 51.023025, -2.149029, 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 Wincombe is available on the Wincombe 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.