Birchill, Devon Weather
About Birchill, Devon
Birchill preserves a quietude that seems to hold the breath of the ancient Devon countryside. It lies 3.0 miles north of Axminster (from Axminster: bearing 11°T, OS grid ST 306 032), and is situated south-south-west of Chardstock village. The land rises in subtle, rhythmic swells toward the horizon, where the profile of Honey Hill catches the first amber light of dawn. Hedgerows thick with hawthorn and hazel define the boundaries of small, irregular fields that have supported local agricultural life for generations. To the north, the damp, sequestered hollow of Farway Marsh offers a cool contrast to the sun-warmed slopes of the surrounding hills. Birchill remains a place where the passage of time is marked not by the chime of clocks, but by the shifting shadows cast across the lanes. The air here holds a clarity that renders the distance between distant ridges surprisingly sharp to the eye. Such a landscape invites a patient observation of the seasons, revealing a persistent beauty in the simple, unadorned geometry of the earth.
Flight conditions near Birchill. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Birchill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Birchill, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Birchill, 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 Birchill includes coordinates 50.824894, -2.986336, 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 Birchill is available on the Birchill 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.