Withial emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone and slate held fast against the changing seasons. It lies 4.8 miles south-south-west of Shepton Mallet (from Shepton Mallet: bearing 211°T, OS grid ST 577 369), and is situated west-north-west of Wraxall village. The topography here is defined by a slow, rhythmic rising of the earth, where the elevation of Stickleball Hill to the north catches the first grey light of dawn before it touches the lower pastures. Beneath this prominence, the land dips into the subtle drainage of Hill Close Gully, where moisture clings to the mossy stone long after the morning mist has retreated. Withial maintains a modest, agricultural composure, keeping its distance from the louder rhythms of the modern world. Small lanes wind between hedgerows that have long outlived the men who planted them, serving as the primary veins for this modest collection of dwellings. When the sun hangs low, the shadows stretch across the fields with a deliberate, heavy grace that seems to slow the pulse of the day. There is an honest austerity to the architecture here, a reflection of a life shaped by the damp, fertile soil and the persistent, wandering winds of the West Country.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Withial, 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 Withial includes coordinates 51.130557, -2.604829, 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 Withial is available on the Withial 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.