Alphington, Devon Weather
About Alphington, Devon
Alphington greets the horizon with a sturdy, low-slung permanence that anchors the southern edge of the Devon landscape. It lies 1.6 miles south of Exeter (from Exeter: bearing 182°T, OS grid SX 917 900), and is situated north-east of Shillingford Abbot village. The local topography tilts gently toward the Alphin Brook, where the water catches a sharp, silver light as it navigates the bends of the valley floor. St Michael and All Angels Church remains the architectural heart of Alphington, its tower rising with a grey, sober authority above the surrounding rooftops. Beyond the residential streets, the earth conceals the Linear Round Barrow Cemetery at Castle Park, a site where the ancient dead rest beneath a quiet, hummocked terrain. A cool, damp breeze often drifts from the nearby Riverside Valley Park, carrying the scent of reeds and the stillness of the Exe basin. Modern life here proceeds with a rhythmic, steady pulse, reflecting the transition from the old agricultural parishes into the wider sprawl of the district. The light in late afternoon softens the stone of the older buildings, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the tarmac and garden hedges alike.
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Live animated radar for Alphington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Alphington, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alphington, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alphington includes coordinates 50.699642, -3.533618, 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 Alphington is available on the Alphington 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.