Beckery holds the quiet hum of the Somerset Levels within its damp, low-lying fields. It lies 0.6 miles west of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 264°T, OS grid ST 490 388). The light here possesses a particular silver quality, reflecting off the drainage ditches that stitch the marshland into a patchwork of emerald and rush. To the south, the shadow of Wearyall Hill looms with a heavy, ancient presence, anchoring the horizon against the vast, shifting sky. Pilgrims once crossed these wetlands to reach the site of the Beckery Chapel And Cemetery, where the earth still retains the memory of stone foundations and forgotten prayers. The modern road edges past these historical ghosts, moving towards the silhouette of the Tor that rises abruptly from the flat expanse. Winter floods often reclaim the meadows, turning the fields into mirrors that catch the pale, fleeting sun of the afternoon. Beckery remains a place where the boundary between solid ground and water feels remarkably thin, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the changing seasons.
Flight conditions near Beckery. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Beckery and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beckery, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Beckery includes coordinates 51.146592, -2.730458, 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 Beckery is available on the Beckery 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.