Lake occupies a quiet stretch of the Wiltshire chalklands where the river valley widens into an expanse of pale, sun-bleached grass. It lies 2.0 miles south-west of Amesbury (from Amesbury: bearing 222°T, OS grid SU 133 390), and is situated north-north-west of Great Durnford village. The horizon here is broken by the silent, rounded silhouettes of the Bowl Barrows, ancient earthen mounds that guard the perimeter of Lake House like sleeping sentinels. These tumuli catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that seem to stretch back toward an older, unrecorded time. A short distance away, the Village Green provides a modest, open space where the grass grows thick and resilient against the passing seasons. Below the rise of the land, the River Avon traces a deliberate, meandering path through the water meadows, feeding the lush vegetation that defines the valley floor. Lake remains defined by this singular geography, where the weight of antiquity presses lightly against the quiet, enduring rhythm of the current day.
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Live animated radar for Lake and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake, Wiltshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Lake includes coordinates 51.150566, -1.811099, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Lake is available on the Lake map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.