Bickleigh, Devon Weather
About Bickleigh, Devon
Bickleigh commands a quiet authority over the lush, sloping terrain where the South Hams begin to yield toward the rugged edge of Dartmoor. It lies 5.5 miles north-north-west of Sherford (from Sherford: bearing 339°T, OS grid SX 520 622), and is situated west-south-west of Shaugh Prior village. The light here often catches the deep, moss-heavy stone of local walls, illuminating a landscape that feels perpetually washed by the damp, fragrant breath of the nearby Atlantic. Water remains the lifeblood of the geography, as the gentle, winding passage of Bickleigh Vale gathers the runoff from the high moors into a verdant corridor of ferns and ancient trees. A short distance to the east, the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Wheal Lopes Leat reminds observers of an industrial past defined by water-powered ingenuity and the persistent extraction of tin. These waterways carve through the earth, creating a terrain that is less a static map and more a living, breathing entity of shifting shadows and sudden, bright clearings. The architecture of Bickleigh reflects this permanence, with sturdy granite dwellings that seem to have grown directly from the hillside rather than having been placed upon it. Every lane and boundary hedge acts as a quiet witness to the generations who have worked this soil, leaving a legacy that is felt in the cool, iron-rich air of the valley.
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Live animated radar for Bickleigh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bickleigh, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bickleigh, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bickleigh includes coordinates 50.441571, -4.084778, 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 Bickleigh is available on the Bickleigh 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.