Corfe reveals its character through the quiet persistence of its stone cottages and the deep, verdant folds of the Blackdown Hills that rise to greet the southern horizon. It lies 3.1 miles south of Taunton (from Taunton: bearing 169°T, OS grid ST 232 194), and is situated east of Pitminster village. The light here catches the limestone facades with a clarity that renders the local vernacular architecture both sturdy and oddly graceful. To the southeast, the slopes of Pickeridge Hill command a view over the patchwork of fields that have long defined the agricultural rhythm of Corfe. Time seems to gather in the hollows and lanes, where the hedgerows grow thick with the wild, unkempt elegance of the West Country. A short distance away, the ancient earthworks of the Poundisford Park Pale mark the landscape with a faint, ghostly geometry that hints at centuries of enclosure. Residents walk paths that have been worn smooth by generations, moving between the sheltering woods and the open pastures that stretch toward the horizon. In the stillness of an afternoon, one can hear the subtle shift of the wind as it brushes across the valley, carrying the scent of damp earth and coming rain.
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Live animated radar for Corfe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Corfe, 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 Corfe includes coordinates 50.969068, -3.094934, 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 Corfe is available on the Corfe 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.