Parbrook occupies a quiet corner of the Somerset landscape, where the earth holds a damp, ancient stillness beneath a wide and watchful sky. It lies 4.6 miles east-south-east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 109°T, OS grid ST 568 365), and is situated north-east of Ham Street village. The terrain here rises in gentle, verdant swells, drawing the eye toward the rising crest of Pennard Hill which looms over the northern horizon. In the crisp light of early morning, the damp meadows near Washing Stones Gully exhale a fine, silver mist that clings to the hedgerows. Parbrook remains defined by its close association with the land, where the rhythms of local agriculture dictate the shifting colours of the fields from season to season. A profound silence often settles over the lanes, broken only by the distant, rhythmic lowing of cattle or the sudden flight of a startled bird. The architecture of Parbrook reflects this modesty, consisting of stone-built dwellings that seem to have grown from the very bedrock they occupy. Here, the landscape possesses a gravity that demands a slower pace, inviting the observer to notice the subtle interplay of shadow and sun upon the flinty walls.
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Live animated radar for Parbrook and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Parbrook, 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 Parbrook includes coordinates 51.126407, -2.617836, 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 Parbrook is available on the Parbrook 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.