Alford, Somerset Weather
About Alford, Somerset
Alford holds a quiet authority over the low-lying pastures of Somerset, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the clutter of modern industry. It lies 2.2 miles west of Castle Cary (from Castle Cary: bearing 267°T, OS grid ST 604 322), and is situated north-east of Lovington village. The land here slopes with a subtle, deliberate grace towards the water, defined by the slow persistence of brooks that carve through the heavy clay. To the north, the ancient stone structure of Bolter’s Bridge endures as a silent marker of older trade routes that once connected these disparate fields. A visitor might find the light near Lane End Pool particularly sharp in the early morning, turning the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered pewter. Alford maintains a stillness that feels less like isolation and more like a patient observation of the seasons. The soil, rich and dark, carries the memory of generations who worked the earth long before the tarmac roads arrived. Beyond the hedgerows, the rising ground towards Blackworthy Hill provides a vantage point from which the entire patchwork of the parish reveals its true, modest scale.
Flight conditions near Alford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Alford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Alford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alford, Somerset, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alford includes coordinates 51.087898, -2.565394, in the county of Somerset, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Alford is available on the Alford map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Somerset 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.