Broomfield occupies a quiet fold in the Quantock Hills, where the earth rises in soft, verdant swells to meet the Somerset sky. It lies 3.8 miles west of North Petherton (from North Petherton: bearing 260°T, OS grid ST 228 319), and is situated north-north-east of Kingston St Mary village. Ancient stone walls mark the boundaries of pastures that have held their shape for centuries, defying the restless pace of the modern world. Beyond the lanes, the earth drops away into the shadowed stillness of The Dell, a valley where the air remains cool even at the height of a summer noon. A short distance to the north, the earthworks of Ruborough Camp recall a time when iron-willed ancestors surveyed the horizon from these same heights. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the grey lichen on old gateposts and turning the surrounding fields into a patchwork of muted greens and ochre. Broomfield remains a place of deep, enduring silence, save for the occasional call of a buzzard circling above the ridgeline.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broomfield, 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 Broomfield includes coordinates 51.081873, -3.103263, 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 Broomfield is available on the Broomfield 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.