Stolford remains a quiet sentinel of the Somerset coast, where the mudflats meet the vast, shifting horizon of the Bristol Channel. It lies 5.3 miles west-south-west of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 244°T, OS grid ST 228 455), and is situated north-north-west of Stockland Bristol village. Salt-laden winds scour the shoreline, bringing a bracing clarity to the air that defines the character of this low-lying stretch of earth. Just a short distance to the north-west, the reed beds of Goose Marsh offer a sanctuary for wildfowl, their rhythmic calls punctuating the silence of the flats. Beyond the immediate coast, the ancient earthwork of Pixie’s Mound rises as a solitary relic of a forgotten age, casting long shadows across the fields during the golden hour. The land here possesses a raw, unadorned beauty, defined more by the retreating tide and the persistent reach of the sea than by the hand of man. Stolford endures as a place where the sky commands the landscape, reflecting in the pools left behind when the tide pulls away toward the horizon.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stolford, 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 Stolford includes coordinates 51.204096, -3.105308, 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 Stolford is available on the Stolford 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.