West Luccombe remains a quiet cluster of stone and slate held fast against the rising slopes of the moor. It lies 4.3 miles west of Minehead (from Minehead: bearing 269°T, OS grid SS 899 461), and is situated south-west of Allerford village. This small congregation of dwellings sits securely within the protected borders of Exmoor National Park, where the air tastes of salt and damp earth. A short distance to the south, the West Luccombe Packhorse Bridge spans the stream with a weathered, arched back that has resisted the rush of water for centuries. Beyond the threshold of the gardens, the land climbs steadily toward the rugged heights of Crawter Hill, defining the horizon with a sharp, uncompromising line. The light here often lingers in the hollows, turning the grey stone of the walls to a soft, bruised violet as the afternoon wanes. West Luccombe keeps its own counsel, watching the seasons shift across the bracken and the high, open sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Luccombe, 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 West Luccombe includes coordinates 51.20416, -3.57736, 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 Luccombe is available on the West Luccombe 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.