Cole's Cross marks a quiet convergence of lanes where the damp, salt-laden air of the South Hams drifts inland to meet the hedgerows. It lies 3.2 miles east-north-east of Kingsbridge (from Kingsbridge: bearing 57°T, OS grid SX 779 468), and is situated south-south-east of East Allington village. The topography here demands a steady pace, as the road climbs and dips through a landscape of persistent, emerald-green fields that seem to hold the morning light with a particular, pale intensity. To the west, the rise of Batt's Hill provides a silent, watchful silhouette against the shifting clouds of the Devon sky. Ancient earthworks remain etched into the wider horizon, where the hillfort known as Slapton Castle guards a memory of older, more defensive configurations of the land. Cole's Cross exists as a brief pause in the journey, where the tarmac narrows and the silence is punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic call of rooks. The soil beneath these verges is heavy and rich, a dark medium that has sustained generations of agricultural life in this corner of the county. Every junction here serves as a reminder of the intricate, arterial web of paths that have connected these isolated homesteads since long before the advent of modern navigation.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cole's Cross, 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 Cole's Cross includes coordinates 50.309062, -3.716062, 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 Cole's Cross is available on the Cole's Cross 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.