Ilchester, Somerset Weather
About Ilchester, Somerset
Ilchester commands the low-lying plains of Somerset, where the River Yeo traces a silver path through the verdant landscape. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-east of Somerton (from Somerton: bearing 149°T, OS grid ST 521 227), and is situated west-north-west of Limington village. The sunlight here often catches the pale stone of historic structures, casting long, contemplative shadows across the flat horizon. Beneath the modern surface of Ilchester, the deep reach of the Ilchester Roman Town scheduled monument preserves the quiet ghosts of a far older, busier life. To the south, the earth rises gently toward the Later Iron Age Enclosure at Ilchester Mead, where the wind ripples through high grass as it has for centuries. Residents occasionally walk past the Northover House, Late Roman Cemetery, where the soil holds a heavy, silent gravity beneath the open sky. The local museum serves as a modest guardian of these fragmented memories, displaying the remnants of a legacy forged in clay and iron. Ilchester retains a stoic composure, indifferent to the hurry of the modern road that now skirts its historic heart.
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Live animated radar for Ilchester and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ilchester, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ilchester, 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 Ilchester includes coordinates 51.002024, -2.682751, 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 Ilchester is available on the Ilchester 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.