West Buckland, Somerset Weather
About West Buckland, Somerset
West Buckland reveals itself through a mosaic of agricultural pockets and quiet lanes that mirror the slow, methodical pace of the Somerset countryside. It lies 2.2 miles east of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 91°T, OS grid ST 174 204), and is situated east-south-east of Chelston village. The architecture here retains a stubborn, vernacular honesty, with stone walls that seem to absorb the shifting, pale light of the morning. To the north, the proximity of Sheppy’s Cider ensures that the crisp, sharp scent of fermenting apples occasionally drifts across the fields during the autumn harvest. West Buckland maintains a grounding connection to the land, where the nearby Haywards Water flows with a rhythmic, low-frequency hum that punctuates the stillness of the surrounding pastures. The terrain rises steadily toward the east, where the slopes of Lipe Hill catch the first warmth of the sun and hold it long after the valley floor has surrendered to shadow. Small, domestic gardens often spill over with hardy perennials, their colours muted by the damp, fertile air characteristic of this corner of the South West. These elements combine to form a landscape that is less a spectacle and more a functional, enduring habitat for those who work the soil.
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Live animated radar for West Buckland and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Buckland, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Buckland, 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 West Buckland includes coordinates 50.977793, -3.17696, 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 West Buckland is available on the West Buckland 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.