Butterleigh emerges from the rolling folds of the Mid Devon landscape, a collection of stone and slate that holds its own against the slow passage of the sun. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of Cullompton (from Cullompton: bearing 282°T, OS grid SS 974 081), and is situated east-north-east of Bickleigh village. The land here rises and falls with a muscular grace, punctuated by the quiet, silvered currents of the Rull Leat that trace the lower boundaries of the parish. Above the rooftops, the slopes of Bingwell Hill catch the morning light, turning the damp pastures into a patchwork of pale bronze and deep, shadowed green. Butterleigh maintains a sturdy, agricultural character, defined by the ancient rhythm of the seasons rather than the haste of the modern road. To the west, the air carries the faint, persistent memory of the waterwheel at Bickleigh Mill, where the Exe continues its long journey toward the sea. The architecture of the parish church stands as a focal point of weathered masonry, anchoring the view against the vast, shifting clouds of the South West. These high, open prospects grant the inhabitants a vantage over a world that remains stubbornly verdant and deeply rooted in the heavy, clay-rich earth.
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Live animated radar for Butterleigh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butterleigh, 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 Butterleigh includes coordinates 50.864066, -3.458479, 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 Butterleigh is available on the Butterleigh 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.