South Cheriton, Somerset Weather
About South Cheriton, Somerset
South Cheriton emerges from the pastoral folds of Somerset as a quiet congregation of limestone and slate, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered. It lies 2.6 miles south-south-west of Wincanton (from Wincanton: bearing 203°T, OS grid ST 696 247), and is situated north-west of Horsington village. The earth here holds a heavy, clay-rich memory, supporting fields that glow with a pale, bruised gold during the final hours of the afternoon. To the north-west, the rise of Cheriton Hill breaks the flatness of the terrain, offering a vantage point where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of damp grass and distant minerals. Travelers passing through might glimpse the enduring presence of the Village Cross, which stands less than a mile to the south-east as a silent, weathered sentinel of older, harder times. The proximity of the Laycock Railway Cutting Sssi reveals the geological skeleton of the region, where layers of fossil-bearing rock are sliced open to show the slow, rhythmic accumulation of ages. South Cheriton maintains a steady, deliberate pace, indifferent to the hurried transit of the modern world. Light here settles in long, thin ribbons across the lanes, illuminating the stone walls that define the perimeter of every garden and paddock.
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Live animated radar for South Cheriton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This South Cheriton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Cheriton, 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 South Cheriton includes coordinates 51.02106, -2.434781, 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 South Cheriton is available on the South Cheriton 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.