Bigbury, Devon Weather
About Bigbury, Devon
Bigbury occupies a high, windswept ridge overlooking the intricate contours of the South Hams coastline. It lies 4.4 miles west-north-west of Kingsbridge (from Kingsbridge: bearing 286°T, OS grid SX 667 462), and is situated south-south-east of St Ann's Chapel village. The air here tastes of salt and turned earth, carrying a clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant horizon. Just a short walk from the centre, the Medieval Dovecote at Bigbury Court stands as a silent stone sentinel, its circular form a quiet anchor in the shifting agricultural landscape. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the land falls away toward the sea, revealing the hidden, sheltered shoreline of Green Well where the tide pulls rhythmically at the shingle. Sunlight often catches the ancient stones of the landscape, illuminating the deep history embedded in the soil long before modern maps were drawn. Bigbury retains a sturdy, unpretentious character, shaped by centuries of exposure to the Atlantic gales that scour the peninsula. Every lane and hedgerow suggests a life lived in accordance with the turning seasons rather than the demands of the clock.
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Live animated radar for Bigbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bigbury, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bigbury, 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 Bigbury includes coordinates 50.301475, -3.87302, 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 Bigbury is available on the Bigbury 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.