Blackmoor Gate, Devon Weather
About Blackmoor Gate, Devon
Blackmoor Gate commands a high, windswept ridge where the North Devon landscape shifts between open heather and sheltered hollows. It lies 6.0 miles south-west of Lynton (from Lynton: bearing 228°T, OS grid SS 646 431), and is situated south-west of Parracombe village. Winds here carry the sharp, clean scent of the Bristol Channel, moving across the landscape with an indifferent, restless energy. To the west, the Kentisbury Round Barrows and Camp remain as silent, earth-bound witnesses to human presence long before the modern road cut through the slope. The light at Blackmoor Gate possesses a singular, thin clarity, illuminating the grey stone walls that divide the fields into ragged, irregular geometries. Deep to the south, the still surface of Wistlandpound Reservoir offers a dark, heavy contrast to the exposed, elevated terrain of the surrounding moors. Blackmoor Gate functions as a vital junction where the pulse of the coast meets the rugged, interior silence of the high country. Such geography demands a stoic resilience from those who work the land, as the horizon remains wide and unforgivingly bright.
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About This Blackmoor Gate, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackmoor Gate, 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 Blackmoor Gate includes coordinates 51.171627, -3.937423, 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 Blackmoor Gate is available on the Blackmoor Gate 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.