Bickenhall, Somerset Weather
About Bickenhall, Somerset
Bickenhall maintains a quiet, sequestered existence amidst the rolling topography of the Somerset countryside. It lies 5.1 miles west-north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 301°T, OS grid ST 288 190), and is situated south-west of Hatch Beauchamp village. The land here rises and falls with a rhythmic persistence, drawing the eye toward the shadowed crown of Abbey Hill, which looms just to the south-south-west like a silent sentinel. Beneath the expansive sky, Bickenhall feels held by these ancient geological folds, where the light often catches the damp, heavy clay of the fields. A short distance away, the rich, undisturbed biodiversity of the Thurlbear Wood And Quarrylands SSSI offers a stark, wild counterpoint to the orderly lanes that define the local threshold. Small clusters of stone buildings hold the warmth of the sun, their walls reflecting a history of slow, deliberate labour in the earth. The silence here is not empty, but rather a thick, living presence that shifts with the passage of the seasons across the open pasture. Bickenhall persists as a place where the landscape dictates the pace, indifferent to the hurried clamour of the wider world.
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Live animated radar for Bickenhall and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bickenhall, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bickenhall, 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 Bickenhall includes coordinates 50.966805, -3.014945, 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 Bickenhall is available on the Bickenhall 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.