Oldford, Somerset Weather
About Oldford, Somerset
Oldford remains a quiet collection of limestone dwellings where the River Frome bends through the Somerset landscape. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-east of Frome (from Frome: bearing 27°T, OS grid ST 787 502), and is situated south-west of Beckington village. The water here moves with a deliberate, muscular clarity, washing against the stone foundations of the older mills that once defined the local economy. To the west, the expansive grounds of Orchardleigh offer a silent, verdant weight to the horizon, where the trees hold the morning mist long after the sun has risen. A short distance to the north-east, Bonnyleigh Hill rises as a singular, grassy swell, providing a vantage point over the patchwork of fields that press against the village borders. The light in Oldford possesses a peculiar sharpness, catching the edges of the weathered masonry and revealing the precise, unadorned craftsmanship of the builders. These structures stand with a stubborn, heavy grace, indifferent to the passage of seasons or the encroachment of the wider world. Life here follows the current of the river, marked by the slow accumulation of silt and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a place that has long since settled into its own skin.
Flight conditions near Oldford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Oldford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Oldford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oldford, 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 Oldford includes coordinates 51.251344, -2.30523, 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 Oldford is available on the Oldford 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.