Broadlands unfolds as a quiet residential enclave where the suburban edges of Devon soften into the verdant embrace of the countryside. It lies 0.6 miles west-north-west of Newton Abbot (from Newton Abbot: bearing 295°T, OS grid SX 852 717). The landscape here holds a particular quality of light, catching the morning sun as it spills over the nearby slopes of Gaze Hill to illuminate the neat, orderly streets. Residents of Broadlands often find themselves walking the paths of Decoy Country Park, where the reflective surfaces of the water mirror the shifting grey-blue of the English sky. To the west, the ancient earthworks of Castle Dyke remain as a silent, grassy guardian of the ridge, reminding the modern observer of a much older, more rugged topography. The air carries the faint, crisp scent of damp earth and bracken, a grounding reminder of the proximity to the wilder stretches of the South West. Broadlands maintains a steady, unremarkable peace, anchored by the slow passage of clouds that drift toward the horizon. Here, the transition from the bustle of the nearby market town to the stillness of these suburban lanes feels as natural as the turning of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Broadlands. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Broadlands and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broadlands, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Broadlands includes coordinates 50.534102, -3.621008, 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 Broadlands is available on the Broadlands 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.