Benton, Devon Weather
About Benton, Devon
Benton emerges from the rolling North Devon topography as a sparse collection of dwellings tethered to the ancient, agrarian rhythms of the landscape. It lies 6.3 miles east-north-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 72°T, OS grid SS 657 362), and is situated south-east of Bratton Fleming village. High, windswept ridges define the horizon, where the earth rises to meet the sky in long, austere lines that shift in colour with the passing of the sun. To the east, the rising slopes of Mockham Down catch the morning light, casting long, melancholic shadows across the fields toward the quiet lanes of Benton. The heavy, iron-rich soil here speaks of a long history of husbandry, where the damp air carries the faint, sharp scent of rain-washed stone and turned earth. Remnants of human presence linger in the nearby Camp S Of Birch Ham Wood, a silent witness to eras when the high ground offered a clearer view of the encroaching woods. These elevations impose a certain gravity upon the land, demanding a persistent endurance from the few who tend the surrounding pastures. Benton remains a place where the silence is absolute, broken only by the sudden, frantic wings of a startled bird or the low, rhythmic sigh of wind moving through the gorse.
Flight conditions near Benton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Benton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Benton, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Benton, 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 Benton includes coordinates 51.109669, -3.919672, 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 Benton is available on the Benton 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.