Crickham, Somerset Weather
About Crickham, Somerset
Crickham emerges from the flat, reclaimed expanse of the Somerset Levels as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the low, wide horizon. It lies 3.0 miles south of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 177°T, OS grid ST 432 497), and is situated west-north-west of Cocklake village. To the north-east, the slopes of Long Hill rise abruptly from the peat-rich soil, providing a singular elevation that commands a view over the surrounding drainage ditches and pastoral fields. The light here possesses a peculiar, silvered clarity, reflecting off the damp earth and the distant, serpentine lines of the Lanham Rhyne. History remains quiet in Crickham, articulated not through grand monuments but in the sturdy, unassuming stone of its older farmhouses. Life moves in synchronicity with the seasonal saturation of the land, where the water table dictates the rhythm of the soil and the slow turning of the year. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the landscape opens into a vast, horizontal theatre that seems to amplify the stillness of the afternoon. This particular corner of the county retains a deliberate isolation, allowing the sensory details of the wind and the reed-beds to take precedence over the clamour of modern thoroughfares.
Flight conditions near Crickham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Crickham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Crickham, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crickham, 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 Crickham includes coordinates 51.244396, -2.814012, 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 Crickham is available on the Crickham 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.