Upper Milton, Somerset Weather
About Upper Milton, Somerset
Upper Milton breathes a quiet, limestone-filtered air that clings to the high ground above the Mendip fringes. It lies 1.2 miles north of Wells (from Wells: bearing 353°T, OS grid ST 546 475), and is situated east of Wookey Hole village. Limestone walls define the boundaries here, their grey surfaces drinking the low-angled winter sun until they glow with a pale, bruised violet. To the southwest, the slopes of Milton Hill rise like a dormant shoulder against the sky, grounding the hamlet in a heavy, prehistoric stillness. A short distance to the south, the manicured serenity of Milton Lodge and The Combe offers a deliberate contrast to the wilder, scrub-brushed limestone outcrops that characterise the surrounding terrain. Ancient, rounded barrows rise from the fields like forgotten secrets, their earthen humps marking a landscape that has long outlasted the footsteps of its inhabitants. The light here feels thin and sharp, catching the edges of the stone with a clarity that renders every crack and lichen-spot distinct. Upper Milton maintains a stubborn, solitary poise, indifferent to the busier rhythms of the valley floors below.
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Live animated radar for Upper Milton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Milton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Milton, 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 Upper Milton includes coordinates 51.225574, -2.650568, 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 Upper Milton is available on the Upper Milton 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.