Rich's Holford, Somerset Weather
About Rich's Holford, Somerset
Rich's Holford emerges from the verdant folds of the Quantock Hills as a quiet gathering of stone and slate. It lies 5.6 miles north-east of Wiveliscombe (from Wiveliscombe: bearing 45°T, OS grid ST 145 340), and is situated west-north-west of West Bagborough village. The landscape here leans toward the elevation of Wills Neck, where the land rises sharply to catch the salt-tinctured winds blowing in from the Bristol Channel. Below these heights, the moisture of the lowlands feeds the nearby New Marsh, a place where the water settles in dark, reflective pools that mirror the passing clouds. Rich's Holford maintains a spare, honest character, defined more by the rough texture of its drystone walls than by any grand architectural flourish. The light in this corner of Somerset possesses a translucent quality, often turning the evening air to the colour of beaten silver as it settles over the fields. These slopes and hollows hold a stillness that seems to have persisted long before the modern map makers arrived to pin the place down. Walking the tracks that lead toward the higher ground, one feels the heavy, ancient pulse of a countryside that demands little and offers a profound sense of solitude.
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About This Rich's Holford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rich's Holford, 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 Rich's Holford includes coordinates 51.099148, -3.221685, 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 Rich's Holford is available on the Rich's Holford 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.