Shapwick, Somerset Weather
About Shapwick, Somerset
Shapwick holds the quiet stillness of the Somerset Levels, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 4.1 miles west-north-west of Street (from Street: bearing 282°T, OS grid ST 418 381), and is situated north-north-west of Pedwell village. The land here remains stubbornly flat, a low-lying expanse where the damp air carries the scent of reeds and deep, peat-rich soil. To the north-northeast, the expansive Shapwick Heath SSSI preserves a fragile, marshy wilderness that hums with the hidden life of bitterns and dragonflies. Ancient timber remnants, such as the Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways found near Coppice Gate Farm, suggest that people have crossed these sodden fields for millennia, leaving their footsteps in the peat. The architecture of Shapwick reflects a modest, enduring dignity, with honey-coloured stone cottages that seem to have grown naturally from the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the gentle rise of Knoll Hill to the southwest, a landmark that provides a necessary anchor against the vast, open flatness of the moor. Time here moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the tides that once shaped the basin, leaving behind a landscape that feels both ancient and entirely present.
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Live animated radar for Shapwick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shapwick, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shapwick, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Shapwick includes coordinates 51.139495, -2.832977, 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 Shapwick is available on the Shapwick 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.