Williton bears the weight of centuries upon its low-slung stone walls, holding the pulse of the Somerset levels in its quiet streets. It lies 1.5 miles south-south-east of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 164°T, OS grid ST 077 410), and is situated north-west of Sampford Brett village. The wind carries a faint salt-sting from the nearby Bristol Channel, brushing past the ancient, weathered wayside cross at the junction of High Street and Bank Street. Beneath the soil of the surrounding fields, the silent earth of the Battle Gore barrow cemetery guards the secrets of those who walked these tracks long before the modern road was carved. Sunlight catches the grey-blue slate roofs of Williton, illuminating the sharp transition where the village yields to the rising, sheep-dotted slopes of Castle Hill. Life here follows the slow, seasonal turning of the Quantock Hills, which loom as a dark, protective edge against the southern sky. Time moves through Williton not as a rushing torrent, but as a steady, patient accumulation of dust and dew upon the limestone lintels.
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Live animated radar for Williton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williton, 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 Williton includes coordinates 51.160961, -3.321051, 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 Williton is available on the Williton 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.