Shurton, Somerset Weather
About Shurton, Somerset
Shurton emerges from the Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone and slate held fast by the quiet persistence of the surrounding fields. It lies 7.3 miles west-south-west of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 243°T, OS grid ST 200 440), and is situated north-north-west of Stogursey village. The light here catches the damp edges of Bayley's Brook, which traces a silver line through the low-lying pasture just to the south-west. Centuries of agricultural toil have smoothed the contours of the local earth, leaving Shurton to watch over a horizon where the sky often appears wider and more pale than in the inland shires. A short distance to the south, the weathered stone remnants of Stogursey Castle offer a muted reminder of medieval ambitions that have long since surrendered to the encroaching ivy. The air retains a sharp, clean clarity, carried inland from the nearby coast and filtered through the hedgerows that mark the ancient parish boundaries. Residents move with a deliberate pace, their habits dictated by the seasonal shifts in the soil rather than the frantic demands of the modern world. Shurton remains a place where the silence is rarely broken, save for the low rush of water or the distant, rhythmic call of rooks circling the trees.
Flight conditions near Shurton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Shurton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shurton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shurton, 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 Shurton includes coordinates 51.189805, -3.145763, 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 Shurton is available on the Shurton 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.