Lilstock commands a lonely stretch of the Bristol Channel coast, where the mudflats yield to the persistent rhythm of the salt-heavy tide. It lies 6.0 miles east of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 79°T, OS grid ST 166 449), and is situated north-east of Kilve village. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, often blurred by a grey mist that clings to the limestone cliffs. Inland, the landscape softens into the quiet, managed order of agricultural fields, punctuated by the structural silence of the remains of the 14th century Chantry at Kilve. These ancient stones, weathered by centuries of Atlantic gales, provide a stark contrast to the shifting, fluid edge of the shoreline. Lilstock itself remains a place of few inhabitants, defined more by the raw power of the sea than by human architecture. To the south-east, the expansive grounds of Fairfield hint at an older, more deliberate shaping of the earth, yet the wilder character of the coast always reasserts itself. The wind carries a persistent chill, reminding any visitor that Lilstock exists as a precarious outpost between the solid land and the deep, grey water.
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Live animated radar for Lilstock and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lilstock, 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 Lilstock includes coordinates 51.198023, -3.194358, 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 Lilstock is available on the Lilstock 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.