Walton, Somerset Weather
About Walton, Somerset
Walton commands a quiet prominence over the flat, low-lying levels of Somerset, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered. It lies 1.4 miles west of Street (from Street: bearing 261°T, OS grid ST 460 363). To the south, the slopes of Bramble Hill rise abruptly from the fields, providing a limestone counterpoint to the damp, dark earth of the surrounding plains. The waters of the Small Moor Rhyne trace a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, acting as a perennial vein that feeds the moisture into the heavy clay. Walton maintains a stoic character, shaped by the persistent influence of the Somerset levels that dictate the rhythm of the seasons. Light here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the grey stone of the older cottages and turning them, for a brief hour each dusk, into something approaching silver. The high, jagged ridge of the Walton and Ivythorn Hills SSSI looms over the southern boundary, guarding the parish against the encroaching shadows of the Mendip heights. Residents of Walton live in constant dialogue with this ancient topography, where the land refuses to be tamed by the small reach of human effort.
Flight conditions near Walton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Walton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Walton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walton, 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 Walton includes coordinates 51.123738, -2.771879, 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 Walton is available on the Walton 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.