Croford, Somerset Weather
About Croford, Somerset
Croford remains a quiet cluster of dwellings where the Somerset landscape softens into a series of rolling, fertile folds. It lies 1.4 miles east of Wiveliscombe (from Wiveliscombe: bearing 95°T, OS grid ST 103 275), and is situated west-south-west of Fitzhead village. The morning light often lingers upon the slopes of Castle Hill, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures that define the immediate horizon. Ancient earthworks ripple beneath the grass just half a mile to the north-west, where the hillfort on Castle Hill serves as a silent guardian over the low-lying fields. Croford draws its character from this proximity to the high ground, where the air feels sharper and the wind hums with the memory of older, more turbulent ages. Further south, the expansive, boggy expanse of Langford Heathfield SSSI provides a wilder, untamed counterpoint to the orderly hedgerows of the local farmland. These low-lying wetlands catch the silver of the rain, holding the moisture in a quiet, reflective stillness that mirrors the grey clouds of the West Country. In the quiet transition between the hills and the marsh, Croford maintains an unpretentious dignity that speaks to the endurance of its pastoral roots.
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Live animated radar for Croford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Croford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Croford, 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 Croford includes coordinates 51.040642, -3.280496, 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 Croford is available on the Croford 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.