West Pennard, Somerset Weather
About West Pennard, Somerset
West Pennard guards the verdant approaches to the Somerset Levels with a quiet, enduring dignity. It lies 3.3 miles east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 99°T, OS grid ST 551 380), and is situated north of Ham Street village. The local landscape is defined by the heavy, fertile clay that supports a tradition of cider orcharding, where the low sun catches the ripening fruit in an amber haze each autumn. To the east, the rising slopes of Pennard Hill break the horizon, casting long, deliberate shadows that reach toward the parish church of St Nicholas. The architecture here carries the weight of centuries, with limestone walls that seem to absorb the moisture of the damp, cooling winds blowing in from the Bristol Channel. Beyond the hedgerows, the nearby Washing Stones Gully channels the seasonal runoff, marking the subtle shifts in elevation that dictate the rhythm of the surrounding fields. West Pennard maintains a character shaped by the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture, far removed from the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares. Even in the stillness of a winter afternoon, the air retains a sharp, metallic clarity that speaks to the ancient, water-logged geography of this corner of England.
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About This West Pennard, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Pennard, 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 Pennard includes coordinates 51.140224, -2.641906, 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 Pennard is available on the West Pennard 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.