Piltown, Somerset Weather
About Piltown, Somerset
Piltown emerges from the flat, reclaimed levels of Somerset like a quiet thought held between the fields. It lies 3.5 miles east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 88°T, OS grid ST 556 390), and is situated north-north-east of West Pennard village. The light here clings to the low-lying earth, silvering the reeds where the Pennard Middle Rhyne winds its sluggish, dark path through the damp meadows. Beyond these water-channels, the horizon is anchored by the steady, rising bulk of Pennard Hill, which watches over the damp pastures with a heavy, ancient patience. Piltown exists in a space where the air tastes of salt-grass and damp peat, far removed from the clamour of the modern world. In the quiet transition of the seasons, the sky seems to press closer to the ground, reflecting in the shadowed currents of the Sarch Rhyne as it cuts through the clay. The local character is defined by this persistent, rhythmic pulse of water and soil, an enduring cycle that hums beneath the stillness of the lanes. Piltown remains a place of subtle shifts, where the geography dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the day.
Flight conditions near Piltown. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Piltown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Piltown, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Piltown, 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 Piltown includes coordinates 51.149275, -2.636112, 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 Piltown is available on the Piltown 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.