Wortheal exhales a quiet, humid breath of ancient earth and heavy, damp foliage that clings to the Somerset lanes. It lies 2.9 miles west of Chard (from Chard: bearing 266°T, OS grid ST 275 083), and is situated west-north-west of Wambrook village. To the north, the slopes of Cleave Hill rise with a stubborn, calcified permanence against the grey sky, dictating the flow of the local wind. The land here holds the memory of iron and toil, marked by the nearby hillfort west-north-west of Howley Farm which sits like a rusted crown upon the ridgeline. Wortheal remains tethered to these ridges, where the rain-washed soil turns a rich, bruising purple in the fading afternoon light. The horizon is fractured by the sharp, sudden elevation of Great Hill, ensuring that every shadow cast across the fields carries a jagged, unsettling weight. Life moves in the slow, mechanical ticking of rural industry, indifferent to the passage of seasons that cycle through the valley. It is a place where the landscape refuses to be ornamental, demanding instead a sturdy patience from those who walk its muddy, unyielding tracks.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wortheal, 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 Wortheal includes coordinates 50.869893, -3.031171, 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 Wortheal is available on the Wortheal 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.