Blackpool marks a small, quiet point of departure within the verdant landscape of the South Hams. It lies 0.9 miles east of Sherford (from Sherford: bearing 80°T, OS grid SX 565 542). The light here possesses a singular clarity, catching the edges of the hedgerows as they divide the ancient, rolling fields. A short distance away, the waters of Silverbridge Lake trace a slow, reflective path through the basin, softening the sharp lines of the surrounding topography. To the east, the earth rises toward the remnants of the Iron Age hillfort at Wasteberry Camp, where the grass grows thick over the buried secrets of an earlier age. Blackpool remains a place where the air is heavy with the scent of damp earth and the saline suggestion of the nearby coast. Local paths wind through this terrain with a deliberate, unhurried purpose, connecting the scattered homesteads to the wider pulse of the Devon countryside. Each lane near Blackpool offers a glimpse of an England that prefers the company of shadows and shifting weather to the noise of modern progress.
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Live animated radar for Blackpool and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackpool, 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 Blackpool includes coordinates 50.370226, -4.018703, 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 Blackpool is available on the Blackpool 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.