Oareford, Somerset Weather
About Oareford, Somerset
Oareford emerges from the ancient, folded earth of Somerset where the quietude of the moor defines the passing of the day. It lies 6.1 miles east-south-east of Lynton (from Lynton: bearing 106°T, OS grid SS 813 463), and is situated west-south-west of Porlock Weir village. This rugged expanse falls entirely within Exmoor National Park, a landscape where the light clings to the hillsides with a peculiar, silver intensity. Oare Water carves a path directly through the heart of Oareford, its constant, rushing dialogue providing a persistent rhythm against the stillness of the surrounding slopes. To the north, the terrain rises sharply toward the shadowed crease of Raw Combe, a valley that seems to hold the very breath of the high moorland. The land here demands a sturdy resilience, shaped by centuries of pastoral toil that have left the pastures spare and clear of artifice. Oareford remains a place of elemental honesty, where the horizon is not broken by grand monuments, but by the raw, sweeping lines of the ridge and the persistent pull of the stream.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Oareford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oareford, 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 Oareford includes coordinates 51.204142, -3.699924, 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 Oareford is available on the Oareford 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.