Withypool rests where the River Barle carves a cool, silver vein through the high, heather-bruised expanse of Exmoor National Park. It lies 6.3 miles north-west of Dulverton (from Dulverton: bearing 316°T, OS grid SS 844 353), and is situated south-south-west of Exford village. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the grey stone of the cottages and the deep, mossy hollows of the surrounding moorland. To the south-south-west, the ancient stones of the Withypool Hill circle remain as silent witnesses to those who walked these ridges millennia ago. The landscape rises sharply towards South Hill, where the wind carries the scent of damp peat and gorse across the open common. Below the village, the water of the Barle runs over stones polished by time, creating a low, rhythmic murmur that defines the silence of the valley. Withypool retains the quiet gravity of a place that has long watched the seasons bleed into one another across the open sky. Visitors often find the air here thin and sharp, tasting of the Atlantic gales that scour the high ground.
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Live animated radar for Withypool and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Withypool, 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 Withypool includes coordinates 51.105834, -3.652131, 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 Withypool is available on the Withypool 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.