Leigh Common, Somerset Weather
About Leigh Common, Somerset
Leigh Common unfolds as a quiet collection of dwellings upon the verdant rise of the Somerset landscape. It lies 2.0 miles east-north-east of Wincanton (from Wincanton: bearing 67°T, OS grid ST 742 298), and is situated north-north-east of Stoke Trister village. Pale sunlight often catches the high, sloping pastures of Sunny Hill to the west, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields towards the hamlet’s edge. The land here holds a certain heavy stillness, grounded by the geological memory of the region’s ancient, weathered ridges. To the north-east, the earth rises toward the site of Ballands Castle, where the ghosts of a medieval fortification remain pressed into the grassy contours of the hill. Leigh Common maintains a character defined by its agricultural heritage and the steady, unadorned pace of rural life. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the horizon shifts with the changing seasons, marked by the rhythmic turning of soil and the soft, grey dampness that frequently drifts over the fields. This landscape possesses a singular, muted beauty that avoids the clamour of the modern world, remaining entirely itself in the fading light.
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Live animated radar for Leigh Common and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Leigh Common, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leigh Common, 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 Leigh Common includes coordinates 51.06731, -2.368609, 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 Leigh Common is available on the Leigh Common 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.