Sparkford Hill, Somerset Weather
About Sparkford Hill, Somerset
Sparkford Hill rises as a modest yet definitive swell in the Somerset landscape, marking the transition between the low-lying moors and the firmer ground of the county's interior. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-west of Castle Cary (from Castle Cary: bearing 212°T, OS grid ST 599 256), and is situated north-north-east of Queen Camel village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the light catches the limestone outcrops of the eponymous hill just 0.3 miles to the south-east. To the north, the expansive grounds of Hazlegrove House provide a rich, green anchor, with its seventy-eight hectares of parkland softening the horizon. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and distant, well-tended pastureland that defines this corner of the South West. Beyond the quiet lanes, the ancient, circular earthworks of the hillfort at South Cadbury loom in the eastern distance, tethering Sparkford Hill to a much older, more persistent history. This geography demands a deliberate, measured pace of life, governed by the turning of the seasons rather than the haste of the modern road. Such places retain a singular character, existing as a quiet hinge upon which the wider countryside turns.
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About This Sparkford Hill, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sparkford Hill, 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 Sparkford Hill includes coordinates 51.029079, -2.572863, 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 Sparkford Hill is available on the Sparkford Hill 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.