Gotton, Somerset Weather
About Gotton, Somerset
Gotton emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone and slate held in the palm of the Quantock Hills’ southern reach. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-east of Taunton (from Taunton: bearing 29°T, OS grid ST 248 286), and is situated north-north-east of Cheddon Fitzpaine village. The air here holds a particular stillness, a weight of damp earth and ancient timber that defines the local atmosphere. Only a short distance to the west, the expansive, Grade I listed Hestercombe Gardens offer a formal counterpoint to the wilder, unmanicured hedgerows that border Gotton. Beyond the gardens, the hidden depths of Kennel Bottom carve a cool, shadowed valley into the terrain, channeling water and silence toward the lower meadows. Sunlight often catches the flint-streaked walls of the older dwellings, turning the grey masonry into something resembling polished bone in the late afternoon. This is a place where the pulse of the county town remains a distant hum, replaced by the steady, seasonal shifts of the surrounding agricultural land. Gotton maintains a private dignity, indifferent to the encroaching sprawl of the modern world, as it watches the seasons turn over the fields.
Flight conditions near Gotton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Gotton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Gotton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gotton, 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 Gotton includes coordinates 51.052621, -3.073277, 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 Gotton is available on the Gotton 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.