Haydon emerges from the limestone slopes of the Mendip Hills, where the air holds a persistent, cool clarity. It lies 2.7 miles north-east of Wells (from Wells: bearing 46°T, OS grid ST 579 486), and is situated north-north-east of West Horrington village. The landscape surrounding Haydon is defined by the ancient, grassy humps of the Three Bowl Barrows, which rise from the earth like silent sentinels watching over the quiet passage of the seasons. Below these prehistoric earthworks, the land drops away towards the deep, shadowed folds of Biddle Combe, where the light seems to thicken and linger among the ferns. Stone walls partition the fields into a stark geometry, their grey surfaces reflecting the pale, shifting skies of the South West. Beyond the immediate horizon, the broader expanse of Mendip Forest exerts a dark, wooded gravity upon the north-westerly outlook. Haydon remains a place of quiet endurance, where the wind carries the scent of damp moss and the low, steady pulse of a working agricultural countryside.
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Live animated radar for Haydon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Haydon, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Haydon includes coordinates 51.235216, -2.603007, 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 Haydon is available on the Haydon 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.