Cole Hill, Somerset Weather
About Cole Hill, Somerset
Cole Hill rises with a quiet, stubborn prominence above the surrounding Somerset landscape, marking the transition from the bustling markets of the north into a more sequestered woodland realm. It lies 2.6 miles south-south-east of Frome (from Frome: bearing 151°T, OS grid ST 796 443), and is situated south-west of Lane End village. The ground here holds the deep, damp stillness of the Longleat Woods Sssi, where the canopy thickens to filter the afternoon sun into long, pale shafts of amber light. Ancient earthworks ripple across the terrain at the site of Hales Castle, a scheduled monument where the turf has long since softened the sharp edges of medieval ambition. A traveller walking the perimeter of Cole Hill finds the air carries a distinct, sharp acidity, a cold breath rising from the heavy clay soils that define this corner of the county. The proximity of the higher ground at Roddenbury Hill provides a vantage point where the horizon seems to stretch indefinitely over the dark, tangled mass of the woods. This is a place of shadows and uneven inclines, where the persistent influence of the forest dictates the pace of the wind and the slow, deliberate growth of the hawthorn hedges. Cole Hill remains a point of geological curiosity, where the land refuses to flatten, instead folding itself into the rugged, moss-covered contours that have persisted since the earth first cooled.
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Live animated radar for Cole Hill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cole Hill, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cole Hill, 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 Cole Hill includes coordinates 51.198331, -2.293301, 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 Cole Hill is available on the Cole Hill 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.