Yarde remains a quiet gathering of stone and timber, held fast by the rugged, open character of Exmoor National Park. It lies 2.7 miles south-south-west of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 192°T, OS grid ST 060 390), and is situated north-west of Monksilver village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace, pulling the eye toward the damp, verdant hollows where the Monksilver Stream runs clear and cold just a stone’s throw to the north-east. Ancient roots run deep beneath the local topography, which falls entirely within the Nettlecombe Park SSSI, a designation that guards the gnarled oaks and the hushed, archaic spirit of the woods. Light in Yarde possesses a peculiar, silvered quality, filtering through the canopy to catch the moss that clings stubbornly to every wall and gatepost. The air carries the faint, sharp tang of fermenting fruit from the orchards nearby, a reminder of the cider-making traditions that have long defined the labour of these hills. Yarde endures as a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, moving with the heavy, slow momentum of the clouds passing over the moorland summits. Every path here offers a dialogue with the past, grounding the observer in a landscape that has refused to trade its solitude for the clamour of the modern age.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yarde, 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 Yarde includes coordinates 51.143427, -3.343824, 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 Yarde is available on the Yarde 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.