Batcombe, Dorset today
Next north
16:05
Bristol Temple Meads, on time
Next south
15:43
Weymouth, exp 15:58
Line today
Clear
1 running late of 2
Bins out
in 5 days
Recycling and Food waste, Wed 23 Sep
The Wriggle
0.11 m
Steady in three hours
Warnings
0
No flood or weather warnings
Power
0
Nothing within 5 km
Weather
16 C
light drizzle, 6% rain today
Departures
Chetnole (CNO), what is at the station, the nearest station, 3.4 km away on the Heart of Wessex line
| Time | Way | Destination | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:43 | South | Weymouth | exp 15:58 |
| 16:05 | North | Bristol Temple Meads | on time |
| 17:43 | South | Weymouth | timetabled |
| 18:05 | North | Bristol Temple Meads | timetabled |
| 20:03 | South | Weymouth | timetabled |
| 20:48 | North | Bristol Temple Meads | timetabled |
| 22:32 | South | Weymouth | timetabled |
Live train times from National Rail Enquiries, data from Rail Delivery Group. Timetabled trains from Realtime Trains (opens in a new tab).
Weather
| Now | 16 C | light drizzle |
|---|---|---|
| Feels like | 14 C | |
| Today | 17 C to 11 C | 6% rain, about average for September |
| Tomorrow | 19 C to 15 C | light drizzle, 31% rain |
| Gusting | 24 mph | breezy |
| Light | 06:50 to 19:17 | |
| Air | 27 | fair on the European index |
Dates
| Date | What | When |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 23 Sep | Recycling, Food waste | in 5 days |
| Wed 30 Sep | Rubbish | in 12 days |
The calendar for this round from Dorset Council (opens in a new tab).
The Wriggle
0.11 m now1.10 m is the top of normal
The nearest gauge is 3.9 km away at Chetnole.
| Level now | 0.11 m | normal |
|---|---|---|
| Three hours | Steady | |
| Usually between | 0.04 and 1.10 m | |
| Highest on record | 2.34 m |
This gauge on Check for Flooding (opens in a new tab).
Rain in the last 24 hours
| Gauge | 24 hours | How far, and now |
|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Hill (opens in a new tab) | 0 mm | 3.1 km |
| Evershot (opens in a new tab) | 0 mm | 3.8 km |
| Sutton Bingham (opens in a new tab) | 0 mm | 9.1 km |
Tonight
| Sunset | 19:17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dark by | 19:51 | no lighting out here |
| Dark for | 10 hours 28 minutes | |
| Light again | 06:51 | first light 06:19 |
| Moon | First quarter | 47 per cent lit |
| Coldest | 14.7 C | at 06:00 |
| Rain | 0 mm | none expected |
Worked out here from the date and where the village is.
This parish
| Postal town | Dorchester | in the DT2 district |
|---|---|---|
| County | Dorset | the villages here on a map, and who runs it |
| Street map | Every street in Batcombe | with a grid to find them by |
| Nearest tip | Sherborne Household Recycling Centre (Tip) (opens in a new tab) | 10.8 km away, DT9 6EE |
| Surgery | Cerne Abbas Surgery (opens in a new tab) | 01300 341666, 6.2 km away, DT2 7JG |
| Primary school | Sticklands CE VA Primary School (opens in a new tab) | catchment |
| Secondary school | The Gryphon School (opens in a new tab) | catchment |
| Parish council | High Stoy Parish Council (opens in a new tab) | |
| Councillor | Chris Kippax (opens in a new tab) | Liberal Democrat, Yetminster Ward |
| Member of parliament | Edward Morello (opens in a new tab) | Liberal Democrat, West Dorset Constituency |
From Dorset Council.
Feeds
| Feed | State | Last good | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departures | current | 5 minutes ago | National Rail | The next four each way from Chetnole (CNO), which is the nearest station. |
| Timetable | current | 5 minutes ago | Realtime Trains | Trains after the next two hours, read once an hour. |
| River level | current | 5 minutes ago | Environment Agency | The gauge at Chetnole, every fifteen minutes. |
| Rainfall | current | 5 minutes ago | Environment Agency | Every gauge within about ten kilometres. |
| Flood warnings | current | 5 minutes ago | Environment Agency | Anything in force within twenty kilometres. |
| Bins | current | 5 minutes ago | Dorset Council | The next collection for each stream. |
| Weather | current | 5 minutes ago | Open Meteo | Now, today and tomorrow. |
| Air and pollen | current | 5 minutes ago | Open Meteo | The European index, and what is in flower. |
| Power cuts | current | 5 minutes ago | SSEN | Report one on 105, free from any phone. |
| Weather warnings | current | 5 minutes ago | Met Office | Warnings covering the South West. |