East Brent rises from the flat expanse of the Somerset Levels, a place where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the damp, fertile earth. It lies 3.2 miles east-north-east of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 58°T, OS grid ST 350 519), and is situated west of Rooks Bridge village. The sharp silhouette of Brent Knoll stands only a short distance to the south-west, acting as a lonely sentinel that watches over the low-lying fields. East Brent itself is defined by the heavy, dark stone of St Mary’s Church, which anchors the landscape against the shifting light of the Bristol Channel. Residents often look toward the ancient earthworks of the Brent Knoll Hillfort And Associated Field System, where the grass grows thick over the indentations of long-departed lives. Winter mornings here bring a silver mist that clings to the hedgerows, obscuring the boundary between the pasture and the grey, yawning air. This geography dictates a quiet pace, one governed by the seasonal turning of the soil and the persistent, salt-tinged breeze that sweeps in from the coast. Every lane in East Brent offers a reminder of the water that once dominated this basin, leaving behind a legacy of rich, silty loam that supports the local agricultural rhythm.
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Live animated radar for East Brent and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Brent, 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 East Brent includes coordinates 51.262563, -2.93296, 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 East Brent is available on the East Brent 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.