Ashcott, Somerset Weather
About Ashcott, Somerset
Ashcott commands a high ridge overlooking the expansive Somerset Levels, where the horizon stretches into a pale, watery distance. It lies 3.1 miles west of Street (from Street: bearing 273°T, OS grid ST 433 369), and is situated east of Pedwell village. The terrain here rises with purpose, lifting the limestone foundations of Ashcott above the damp, peat-rich marshlands that have yielded prehistoric timber trackways for millennia. To the north, the elevation of Hempstitch Hill offers a vantage point where the light catches the silver ribbons of the rhynes, those man-made arteries that drain the heavy soil. The architecture of the local stone cottages reflects a sturdiness born from centuries of agricultural toil upon the surrounding slopes. Beyond the immediate gardens, the landscape shifts toward the vast, protected wetlands of Shapwick Heath SSSI, where the air grows heavy with the scent of reeds and stagnant, fertile water. These ancient, reclaimed plains dictate a slow, deliberate pace of life that defines the character of the inhabitants. Such a geography ensures that Ashcott remains a sentinel of the ridge, forever watching the slow seasonal flooding of the fields below.
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Live animated radar for Ashcott and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ashcott, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashcott, 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 Ashcott includes coordinates 51.129123, -2.810625, 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 Ashcott is available on the Ashcott 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.