Milborne Wick holds the quiet dignity of a place shaped by the slow, persistent work of limestone and rain. It lies 3.1 miles north-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 36°T, OS grid ST 668 207), and is situated east-north-east of Poyntington village. The landscape rises into the ancient earthworks of the Promontory Fort On Barrow Hill, where the wind carries a sharp, clean clarity across the open ridges. Below these heights, the land softens into the sheltered terrain of Miller’s Hill, Milborne Wick SSSI, where the chalky soil nurtures a delicate, hardy flora indifferent to the passing of centuries. Gold-hued light often lingers upon the stone walls of Milborne Wick, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the buildings firmly into the bedrock. This corner of Somerset retains a solitary character, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, where the horizon remains defined by the steady, unmoving profiles of the nearby hills. One finds here a stillness that is not merely the absence of noise, but a heavy, natural peace that settles over the fields after the evening sun has retreated.
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Live animated radar for Milborne Wick and surroundings — RainViewer.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milborne Wick, 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 Milborne Wick includes coordinates 50.984887, -2.473492, 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 Milborne Wick is available on the Milborne Wick 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.