Ashwick reveals itself through the quiet persistence of limestone walls that hold back the encroaching Mendip slopes. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Shepton Mallet (from Shepton Mallet: bearing 19°T, OS grid ST 633 478), and is situated north-north-west of Oakhill village. The land here rises to meet the sky, where the shadow of Tape Hill casts a long, cooling influence over the pastures during the golden hour. Below, the undulating earth of Gurneyslade Bottom suggests a landscape shaped by ancient, hidden waters rather than the hand of man. History remains anchored in the soil, evidenced by the medieval coal mining remains that mark the ground east of Benter Cross with a rough, irregular beauty. Ashwick maintains a stoic grace, indifferent to the hurried pace of modern transit that bypasses its quiet lanes. The air carries a crispness born from the elevated terrain, a sharpness that clears the mind as one walks toward the horizon. Here, the light catches the grey stone of the older cottages, turning them a pale, luminous silver that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has dipped.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashwick, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ashwick includes coordinates 51.229041, -2.526105, 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 Ashwick is available on the Ashwick 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.