Cannington, Somerset Weather
About Cannington, Somerset
Limestone walls and medieval remnants define the enduring character of Cannington, a place where the heavy Somerset air feels pressed against the low hills. It lies 2.9 miles north-west of Bridgwater (from Bridgwater: bearing 304°T, OS grid ST 258 396), and is situated south of Combwich village. The Walled Gardens of Cannington offer a quiet sanctuary where seasonal light catches the petals, providing a stark, cultivated contrast to the wilder, wind-swept ridges nearby. Beyond the houses, the earth rises toward the ancient earthworks of Cynwit Castle, where the silence of the high ground suggests a long memory of shifting borders. Perrymoor Brook carves a steady, silver path through the surrounding fields, draining the damp soil that has sustained local agriculture for centuries. The local college grounds maintain a link to the land, teaching the craft of cultivation that has long defined the rhythm of life here. Grey stone cottages sit flush against the road, their chimneys exhaling thin ribbons of smoke into the cool, damp afternoon. Cannington holds its own gravity, neither hurried nor stagnant, caught between the encroaching marsh and the rising slope of the Quantock foothills.
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Live animated radar for Cannington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cannington, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cannington, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cannington includes coordinates 51.151182, -3.060964, 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 Cannington is available on the Cannington 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.