South Horrington, Somerset Weather
About South Horrington, Somerset
South Horrington commands a quiet prominence upon the limestone plateau of the Mendip Hills, where the air turns sharp and clear above the Somerset levels. It lies 1.5 miles east-north-east of Wells (from Wells: bearing 76°T, OS grid ST 572 462), and is situated west-south-west of East Horrington village. The earth here holds the weight of deep time, marked by the nearby King's Castle Enclosures, where Iron Age inhabitants once watched the horizon from their elevated, turf-covered ramparts. Beyond these ancient earthworks, the land dips into the verdant hollow of Nettle Combe, a valley that catches the early morning mist before the sun burns it away. South Horrington grew from the repurposing of grand nineteenth-century institutional architecture, turning stone corridors into homes that now look out over expansive, quiet gardens. The light in this corner of the county possesses a distinct, pale quality, reflecting off the grey masonry of the old hospital buildings and the surrounding drystone walls. Residents walk paths that trace the edges of the high ground, where the wind carries the distant, metallic chime of bells from the cathedral city below. Such a landscape demands a steady pace, tethered to the slow rotation of the seasons across the open, exposed fields.
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About This South Horrington, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Horrington, 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 Horrington includes coordinates 51.21384, -2.613751, 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 Horrington is available on the South Horrington 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.