Stawell catches the low, amber light of the Somerset afternoon across its quiet, limestone-hewn lanes. It lies 4.5 miles east of Bridgwater (from Bridgwater: bearing 79°T, OS grid ST 367 382), and is situated north-north-west of Sutton Mallet village. The land here rises and falls with a subtle, muscular grace, lifting Stawell toward the modest heights of Ball Hill just to the south-east. To the west, the flat, reed-fringed currents of the Cossington Right Rhyne draw silver lines through the dark peat, carrying the weight of centuries in their slow, deliberate flow. Ancient paths and timber trackways lie buried beneath the nearby levels, remnants of a time when the horizon was defined by marsh and mist rather than the tidy geometry of modern fields. Stawell remains tethered to this agricultural pulse, where the smell of turned earth and damp grass lingers long after the machinery has gone quiet. The air feels thinner here, sharpened by the proximity to the expansive sky that dominates the horizon. Stawell holds its history in the quietude of its stone walls, watching the seasons turn against the backdrop of a landscape that refuses to be hurried.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stawell, 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 Stawell includes coordinates 51.140273, -2.905034, 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 Stawell is available on the Stawell 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.