Tarnock reveals itself through the low, expansive horizons of the Somerset Levels, where the sky claims a vast and heavy portion of the view. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 249°T, OS grid ST 378 526), and is situated south-west of Biddisham village. The land here remains stubbornly flat, a muted mosaic of pasture and drainage ditches that mirror the shifting, bruised colours of the maritime air. To the north, the sharp, limestone spine of Crook Peak rises abruptly from the floor, providing a sudden, vertical counterpoint to the horizontal drift of the fields. Water remains the silent architect of this terrain, with the Old Lox Yeo winding through the nearby reeds to drain the sodden earth toward the sea. Tarnock occupies a quiet corner of this reclaimed geography, where the morning mist clings to the hedgerows long after the sun has breached the Mendip ridges. Life here follows the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture, indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world. The stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the distant, rhythmic lowing of cattle or the sudden, sharp cry of a bird circling above the watercourses.
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Live animated radar for Tarnock and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tarnock, 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 Tarnock includes coordinates 51.269346, -2.892202, 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 Tarnock is available on the Tarnock 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.