Maundown holds the quiet, stubborn character of the Somerset hills, where the morning mist clings to the hedgerows like unspun wool. It lies 1.4 miles west-north-west of Wiveliscombe (from Wiveliscombe: bearing 298°T, OS grid ST 060 289), and is situated west-south-west of Langley Marsh village. The land rises with a purposeful gravity toward Maundown Hill, a prominence that dictates the direction of the wind and the slant of the afternoon sun. Below, the earth dips into the hollows of Maundown Bottom, where the air remains cool and still even when the summer heat presses hard upon the higher ground. A short distance to the north-west, the deep, dark expanse of Clatworthy Reservoir offers a mirror to the passing clouds, anchoring the horizon in a vast pool of silence. Maundown exists in a landscape defined by this interplay of high ridge and hidden valley, far from the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares. The local horizon is marked by the enduring slopes of the countryside, which seem to hold the memory of older, quieter centuries in their very shape. These fields, worked for generations, retain a stark, unadorned beauty that reveals itself only to those who walk the paths with patience.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Maundown, 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 Maundown includes coordinates 51.052022, -3.341846, 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 Maundown is available on the Maundown 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.