Woolston remains a quiet enclave of Somerset where the hum of modern life fades into the persistent, rhythmic industry of the surrounding pastures. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-east of Castle Cary (from Castle Cary: bearing 166°T, OS grid ST 652 278), and is situated south of Yarlington village. The topography here rises with a deliberate, slow grace, culminating in the prominent rise of Knoll Hill which commands the horizon to the south-south-east. Beneath the soil of the surrounding fields, the echoes of former inhabitants linger within the boundaries of the Lower Woolston Medieval Settlement, a site that quietly preserves the footprint of lives long folded into the earth. Sunlight catches the limestone textures of local architecture, illuminating a landscape that feels less like a static map and more like a slow, deep breath of the countryside. Woolston maintains a character defined by this intimate scale, where the horizon is kept close by the slopes of Warren Hill. This terrain demands a patient pace of travel, rewarding those who observe how the season’s light alters the complexion of the stone and the silvered grasses of the verge. Every hedgerow and lane in Woolston serves as a testament to a geography that has resisted the sharp edges of industrial change.
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Live animated radar for Woolston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woolston, 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 Woolston includes coordinates 51.049092, -2.497257, 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 Woolston is available on the Woolston 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.