Long Sutton unfolds across the Somerset landscape with a quiet, deliberate grace that lingers in the memory of those who pass through its lanes. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Somerton (from Somerton: bearing 213°T, OS grid ST 467 255), and is situated south-east of Upton village. The architecture here relies on the warm, honeyed tones of local stone, which seems to trap the fading afternoon sun long after the shadows have lengthened. To the south, the rising contours of Lame Hill break the horizon, offering a vantage point from which the wide, flat reaches of the Somerset Levels become apparent. Below these slopes, the King's Moor Main Drain serves as a silent, arterial reminder of the constant human effort required to manage the water in this low-lying terrain. The Church of the Holy Trinity stands as a focal point, its tower a sturdy sentinel that has watched over the surrounding fields for centuries. Life in Long Sutton maintains a connection to the cycles of the earth, where the damp, fertile scent of the nearby Wet Moor Sssi often drifts into the gardens on a prevailing breeze. This balance between the reclaimed marshland and the solid, enduring masonry of the dwellings gives the place a singular, grounded character.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Sutton, 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 Long Sutton includes coordinates 51.026703, -2.760783, 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 Long Sutton is available on the Long Sutton 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.