Poole maintains a quiet, unassuming presence within the verdant landscape of Somerset. It lies 0.9 miles north-east of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 35°T, OS grid ST 147 218), and is situated north-west of Chelston village. The light here often catches the damp, low-lying fields with a pale, silver clarity that renders the horizon unusually sharp against the darkening sky. A short distance away, the remnants of the Nynehead Boat Lift offer a silent reminder of the industrial ambition that once sought to tame these watercourses. This engineering curiosity rests near the peaceful Hobby Pond, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds with a stillness that feels almost deliberate. The proximity of the sprawling, historic gardens at Nynehead Court lends a refined, agrarian weight to the character of the surrounding land. Poole remains defined by this intersection of engineered history and a persistent, slow-moving rural vitality. Every lane seems to hold the faint, lingering scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the hamlet firmly in the seasonal rhythms of the West Country.
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Live animated radar for Poole and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poole, 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 Poole includes coordinates 50.989349, -3.215522, 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 Poole is available on the Poole 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.