Heale holds a quiet authority over the low-lying Somerset landscape, where the air often carries the damp, sweet scent of the nearby peat moors. It lies 2.5 miles west-south-west of Langport (from Langport: bearing 255°T, OS grid ST 381 258), and is situated north-west of Curry Rivel village. Rising abruptly to the north-east, Red Hill offers a vantage point from which the local geometry of fields and hedgerows appears as a patchwork of muted greens and browns. The land here feels ancient and heavy, shaped by the slow, persistent work of water and the long shadows cast by history. A short distance to the south-west, the Burton Pynsent Monument stands as a solitary, needle-like sentinel, piercing the skyline and observing the changing seasons across the pastoral expanse. Heale remains a place of subtle transitions, where the firm ground of the ridge begins to soften toward the vast, marshy reaches of the Somerset levels. The light here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the edges of the stone walls and illuminating the quiet resilience of the earth.
Flight conditions near Heale. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Heale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Heale, 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 Heale includes coordinates 51.028471, -2.882705, 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 Heale is available on the Heale 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.