Coldridge commands a high, airy ridge in Mid Devon, where the horizon broadens to embrace the distant, shifting purples of the landscape. It lies 4.2 miles north-north-east of North Tawton (from North Tawton: bearing 28°T, OS grid SS 697 076), and is situated west-south-west of Nymet Rowland village. The parish church, dedicated to St Matthew, serves as a sharp silhouette against the sky, its ancient stone walls holding the chill of centuries even under the height of a summer sun. Below the steep slopes of the ridge, the waters of Coldridge Brook carve a quiet, persistent path through the valley floor, feeding the damp earth that sustains the surrounding meadows. Travellers wandering toward the south-west might stumble upon the earthworks of Millsome Castle, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, frantic wings of a startled crow. Coldridge keeps its own counsel, remaining a place of long, slanted shadows and the persistent, metallic scent of rain-drenched hedgerows. The local architecture speaks in the vernacular of cob and thatch, enduring through seasons that turn the fields from pale, brittle gold to a deep, iron-rich brown. Every lane entering Coldridge carries the weight of a slow, deliberate history, undisturbed by the modern clamour that marks the busier roads of the south.
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Live animated radar for Coldridge and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coldridge, 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 Coldridge includes coordinates 50.85345, -3.852328, 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 Coldridge is available on the Coldridge 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.