Alderford, Devon Weather
About Alderford, Devon
Alderford endures as a quiet collection of dwellings held within the rugged, ancient embrace of Exmoor National Park. It lies 2.8 miles east-south-east of Lynton (from Lynton: bearing 109°T, OS grid SS 762 477), and is situated east-south-east of Lynmouth village. The land here rises and falls in rhythmic swells, a green anatomy of earth that seems to breathe beneath the shifting Atlantic clouds. Only a short distance away, the East Lyn River carves a frantic, silver line through the deep, wooded combes, its voice a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the hills. Alderford occupies a position of sheltered isolation, where the light hits the bracken with a burnished, metallic clarity during the late afternoon. To the north, the terrain ascends toward the high, windswept ridge of Kipscombe Hill, where the air grows thin and tastes of salt-spray carried from the Bristol Channel. Every stone and boundary wall around Alderford reflects the resilience of a landscape shaped by centuries of weather and the slow, persistent labour of the upland farmer. Here, the horizon feels expansive and unburdened, offering a sharp, cold perspective on the wilder reaches of the Devon coast.
Flight conditions near Alderford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Alderford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Alderford, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alderford, Devon, 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 Alderford includes coordinates 51.215466, -3.772521, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Alderford is available on the Alderford map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon 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.