Atherstone holds a quiet dignity amidst the rolling contours of the South Somerset landscape. It lies 1.9 miles north-east of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 54°T, OS grid ST 384 164), and is situated south of Stocklinch village. The terrain rises gently toward the summit of Atherstone Hill just to the south-east, where the light catches the hedgerows with a clarity that sharpens the horizon. Below this elevation, the fields remain tethered to an agricultural pace that has long defined the character of the land. A short distance to the north, the slopes of Winsmoor Hill provide a natural boundary that shields the hamlet from the wider reach of the plain. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and churned pasture, a sensory reminder of the working farms that sustain the local economy. Visitors might find the solitude of the surrounding lanes a welcome reprieve from the more hurried thoroughfares of the county. Atherstone remains a place of understated permanence, where the sky feels vast and the seasons dictate the shifting colours of the countryside.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Atherstone, 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 Atherstone includes coordinates 50.944607, -2.87797, 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 Atherstone is available on the Atherstone 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.