Oakhill, Somerset Weather
About Oakhill, Somerset
Oakhill emerges from the limestone ridges of Somerset like a sudden, quiet thought captured in honey-coloured stone. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-east of Shepton Mallet (from Shepton Mallet: bearing 24°T, OS grid ST 635 472), and is situated south-south-east of Gurney Slade village. The architecture of Oakhill reflects a robust industrial past, where the remnants of former breweries linger in the shadows of sturdy, high-walled buildings that once hummed with the trade of malt and hops. To the south, the landscape rises toward the ancient, silent presence of the Two Round Barrows On Beacon Hill, which gaze across the fields with a gravity that defies the passing centuries. Light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the edges of the dry-stone walls and turning the damp, grey slate of the roofs into gleaming mirrors after a spring shower. The nearby Beacon Hill acts as a sentinel over the terrain, its slopes offering a vast, open perspective that makes the surrounding countryside seem both immense and intimately held. Residents often walk the lanes where the air tastes of wild garlic and damp earth, a sensory tether to the land that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. Oakhill maintains a dignified, unpretentious composure, as if it is quite content to remain a secret kept by the Mendip hills.
Flight conditions near Oakhill. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Oakhill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Oakhill, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakhill, 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 Oakhill includes coordinates 51.223702, -2.523596, 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 Oakhill is available on the Oakhill 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.