Chapelton reveals itself through the quiet persistence of its narrow lanes and the muted grey of its stone walls. It lies 4.7 miles south-south-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 162°T, OS grid SS 580 260), and is situated north-east of Yarnscombe village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic subsidence toward the water, where the damp, reed-lined margins of Langham Lake catch the low sun and hold it in dark, reflective pools. To the east, the rising earth of Little Hill breaks the horizon, offering a stark silhouette against the shifting weather patterns that drift in from the Atlantic. Chapelton maintains a fragile intimacy with the surrounding farmland, where the soil is heavy and dark, demanding much from those who work the furrows. Hedgerows thick with hawthorn and stray ivy delineate the boundaries of ancient fields, preserving a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the modern world. Travellers passing through find that the light here has a particular, silver quality, casting long shadows across the tracks even in the middle of the day. In the quiet hours, the sound of the wind moving through the valley floor serves as a constant, low-frequency companion to the life of the hamlet.
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Live animated radar for Chapelton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chapelton, 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 Chapelton includes coordinates 51.016626, -4.025111, 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 Chapelton is available on the Chapelton 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.