Golden light spills across the limestone veins of the Mendip landscape to illuminate the quiet lanes of North Widcombe. It lies 5.7 miles west-north-west of Midsomer Norton (from Midsomer Norton: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 579 577), and is situated north-west of Hinton Blewett village. The earth here holds the heavy, ancient stillness of a place where the horizon is measured by the steady rise of White Hill to the east. North Widcombe occupies a modest rise above the valley floor, where the damp, fertile air carries the scent of water from the nearby Herriotts Mill Pool. To the north, the grass-grown earthworks of the Large Univallate Hillfort loom as a silent sentinel, reminding the modern traveller of those who first traced the contours of these slopes. The terrain remains largely pastoral, defined by the slow grazing of livestock and the shifting shadows cast by passing clouds. Hedgerows here grow thick and wild, marking the boundaries of fields that have long surrendered their secrets to the plough and the rain. In the quiet transition of the seasons, the land reveals a stark, unadorned beauty that demands nothing more than a steady gaze and a patient step.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Widcombe, Gloucestershire, 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 North Widcombe includes coordinates 51.31692, -2.60415, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of North Widcombe is available on the North Widcombe map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Gloucestershire 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.