Rowberrow emerges from the limestone flanks of the Mendip Hills, where the earth holds a quiet, mineral weight beneath the rolling turf. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-east of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 27°T, OS grid ST 450 582), and is situated north-north-east of Shipham village. Sunlight here has a way of bleaching the drystone walls until they mirror the pale, stubborn clouds drifting over the high ground. To the east, the deep, shadowed creases of Rowberrow Bottom carve into the landscape, offering a cool sanctuary where the air remains heavy with the damp scent of moss and ancient stone. Above these hollows, the formidable ramparts of Dolebury Camp crown the ridge, a silent, earthen witness to the centuries that have weathered its grass-grown defences. The ground here remembers the fever of industry, for the soil is pocked with the ghosts of calamine mines that once fed the brass works of the region. Rowberrow retains a spare, rugged elegance, defined more by the sweeping limestone horizons than by the soft clutter of human habitation. Every path leading away from the houses seems to dissolve into the wild, open expanse of the Mendip plateau, where the wind carries the restless spirit of the high, unforgiving moor.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rowberrow, 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 Rowberrow includes coordinates 51.320589, -2.789802, 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 Rowberrow is available on the Rowberrow 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.