Fennington reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings where the heavy clay of the Somerset soil meets the rising slopes of the Quantock Hills. It lies 3.9 miles north-north-west of Taunton (from Taunton: bearing 331°T, OS grid ST 194 298), and is situated west of Kingston St Mary village. Fennington maintains a modest posture, defined by the way the low afternoon sun catches the damp stone of its older walls. To the north, the sharp, limestone-dusted profile of Cothelstone Hill dominates the horizon, casting a long, cooling shadow that dictates the pace of the lengthening evenings. The air here carries a faint, persistent scent of wet bracken and churned pasture, a reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have long sustained the surrounding acres. A short walk towards the north-east leads into the dense, tangled canopy of Buncombe Wood, where the trees crowd together in a dark, ancient huddle. Water finds its own path through these fields, trickling towards the south where the Back Stream quietly dissects the landscape. Time in Fennington seems to measure itself not by clocks, but by the slow rotation of the seasons across the open, wind-swept ridges above.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fennington, 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 Fennington includes coordinates 51.062432, -3.150735, 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 Fennington is available on the Fennington 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.