Yarley rises from the flat, industrious levels of Somerset like a quiet thought held between the cathedral spires of the east and the coastal marshes beyond. It lies 2.9 miles west of Wells (from Wells: bearing 262°T, OS grid ST 502 451), and is situated east-south-east of Henton village. The land here possesses a singular, watery clarity, where the light catches the reeds of the nearby Ashmoor Rhyne, turning the drainage ditches into ribbons of hammered silver. To the west, the slopes of Yarley Hill provide a gentle vantage point from which to observe the patterns of the fields, which are divided by ancient hedges that have long held the soil in place. Yarley remains defined by this agricultural persistence, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the labour of the day more surely than any clock. The presence of the nearby Fenny Castle site adds a layer of quiet, forgotten gravity to the earth, hinting at centuries of fortification that have long since surrendered to the grass. In the cool hours of the morning, a fine mist often clings to the low-lying pastures, obscuring the horizon and lending the landscape a transitory, ethereal quality. Such is the composure of Yarley, a place that exists not for show, but for the steady, unadorned work of the land.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yarley, 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 Yarley includes coordinates 51.20304, -2.713803, 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 Yarley is available on the Yarley 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.