Ham Street emerges from the flat, verdant expanse of the Somerset Levels as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient pace of agricultural life. It lies 4.4 miles south-east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 124°T, OS grid ST 556 349), and is situated east of Baltonsborough village. Low-slung roofs and sturdy stone walls define the character of Ham Street, where the light often catches the damp, dark earth of the surrounding fields. To the west, the rounded silhouette of Windmill Hill rises against the horizon, acting as a silent sentinel over the water-meadows that stretch toward the horizon. The nearby Lower Rhyne channels water through the heavy clay, its surface reflecting the shifting moods of the English sky with a glassy, silver clarity. Ancient hedgerows border the narrow lanes, holding the secrets of a landscape that has long prioritised the slow rhythm of the harvest over the haste of modern transit. A profound stillness settles here during the golden hour, when the shadows stretch long across the pastures and the distant calls of livestock punctuate the air. Ham Street remains a place where the geology of the Somerset levels dictates the habits of those who dwell upon its soil.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ham Street, 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 Ham Street includes coordinates 51.112173, -2.634388, 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 Ham Street is available on the Ham Street 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.