Lower Key, Somerset Weather
About Lower Key, Somerset
Lower Key reveals itself as a quiet pocket of Somerset, defined by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons across its modest fields. It lies 1.5 miles south of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 179°T, OS grid ST 556 134), and is situated west-south-west of Barwick village. The horizon here is punctuated by the sharp, singular finger of the Barwick Obelisk, which rises toward the clouds like a sudden thought in the afternoon sun. Lower Key maintains a rhythmic connection to the land, where the light hits the limestone with a pale, brittle clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every hedgerow. To the north, the sprawling grounds of Barwick Park offer a heavy, historical stillness that balances the open, working nature of the surrounding meadows. Water moves with a hushed purpose through the nearby landscape, fed by the persistent, cooling influence of the West Coker Stream. This is a place where the geography dictates the pace of life, demanding a steady hand and a patient eye. Residents of Lower Key find their direction not in grand monuments, but in the subtle shifts of the terrain and the long, amber shadows that stretch across the lanes as evening approaches.
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Live animated radar for Lower Key and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lower Key, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Key, 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 Lower Key includes coordinates 50.918685, -2.632877, 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 Lower Key is available on the Lower Key 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.