Arlington marks a quiet intersection of North Devon’s rolling topography, where the land rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the horizon. It lies 5.7 miles north-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 34°T, OS grid SS 613 407), and is situated north-north-east of Shirwell village. The heavy air of the valley floor clings to the hedgerows, damp with the breath of the Atlantic, while the light sharpens against the grey stone of local farmsteads. A short walk away, Arlington Court dominates the immediate landscape, its Regency architecture standing as a pale, watchful sentinel over the surrounding parkland. Beyond these manicured grounds, the Arlington SSSI preserves forty-six hectares of untamed flora, where the earth remains undisturbed by the turning of a plough. The silence here is thick and fibrous, broken only by the rhythmic shift of wind through the tall, unkempt grasses. One might wander toward the Carriage House, where the lingering scent of polished leather and aged wood suggests a century that has refused to fully depart. This corner of the county retains a stubborn, singular character, holding its history in the quiet geometry of its fields and the sudden, bracing clarity of its winter skies.
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Live animated radar for Arlington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arlington, 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 Arlington includes coordinates 51.149121, -3.983851, 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 Arlington is available on the Arlington 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.