Bentwitchen, Devon Weather
About Bentwitchen, Devon
Bentwitchen emerges from the high, open folds of the North Devon landscape as a collection of stone and slate that defies the encroaching silence of the moor. It lies 5.1 miles north of South Molton (from South Molton: bearing 10°T, OS grid SS 731 340), and is situated north-north-west of North Molton village. The air here carries a sharp, thin clarity, often tasting of the peat and rain that gather over the distant, brooding heights of Five Barrows Hill. To the east, the tangled canopy of Long Wood offers a dense, emerald contrast to the sparse, wind-scoured pastures that define the immediate horizon. Bentwitchen remains anchored to the earth by the weight of its agricultural heritage, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the labour of the hands and the movement of the livestock. A short distance away, the low, grassy mounds of the barrows near Rews Cross stand as quiet, earthen sentinels, reminding the living of a past that has long since settled into the soil. The light in this corner of the world possesses a fleeting, pale quality, catching the edges of the dry-stone walls before slipping away into the deepening shadows of the valley. Bentwitchen endures as a place of stark, functional beauty, where the horizon feels vast and the sky claims a greater share of the day than the works of men.
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Live animated radar for Bentwitchen and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bentwitchen, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bentwitchen, 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 Bentwitchen includes coordinates 51.09127, -3.813221, 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 Bentwitchen is available on the Bentwitchen 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.