Hawkridge holds the quiet gravity of a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath against the sweep of the clouds. It lies 3.8 miles west-north-west of Dulverton (from Dulverton: bearing 296°T, OS grid SS 860 306), and is situated north of East Anstey village. Within the expansive, heather-stained embrace of Exmoor National Park, Hawkridge occupies a landscape defined by the sharp, sudden declivities of the Barle Valley SSSI. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often catching the silvered surface of Cinder Pool as it reflects the shifting moods of the sky. To the north-west, the slopes of Hawkridge Common rise with a stubborn, ancient permanence that defies the erosion of the centuries. The surrounding terrain, carved by the patient work of water, shelters pockets of wild, unkempt beauty that feel untouched by the frantic pulse of the modern world. Hawkridge remains a solitary guardian of this rugged geography, where the silence is broken only by the wind moving through the coarse grasses of the moor.
Flight conditions near Hawkridge. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hawkridge and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawkridge, 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 Hawkridge includes coordinates 51.064147, -3.627541, 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 Hawkridge is available on the Hawkridge 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.