Horsington Marsh, Somerset Weather
About Horsington Marsh, Somerset
Horsington Marsh holds the quiet, low-lying character of the Somerset levels where the earth remains heavy with the scent of damp pasture and ancient silt. It lies 2.4 miles south of Wincanton (from Wincanton: bearing 172°T, OS grid ST 717 248), and is situated east-north-east of Horsington village. The land here unfolds in flat, verdant reaches that seem to hold the dawn light longer than the surrounding ridges. To the south, the distant whistles of the Gartell Light Railway occasionally drift across the fields, a mechanical ghost haunting the stillness of the meadows. Horsington Marsh maintains a singular perspective on the horizon, framed by the modest elevation of Windmill Hill which rises against the sky like a soft, bruised shoulder. The water-meadows drain slowly into the surrounding ditches, keeping the soil rich and dark, a stark contrast to the drier, limestone-heavy ground found further north. Such terrain demands a patient industry, where the rhythmic turn of the seasons dictates the pace of life more surely than any clock. Every fence line and hedgerow in Horsington Marsh serves as a boundary against the encroaching wildness of the vale, grounding the spirit in a landscape that neither asks for nor offers much comfort.
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About This Horsington Marsh, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horsington Marsh, 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 Horsington Marsh includes coordinates 51.022016, -2.403979, 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 Horsington Marsh is available on the Horsington Marsh 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.