Collaton St Mary anchors the green folds of the South Hams where the morning mist clings to the hedgerows like carded wool. It lies 2.0 miles west-south-west of Paignton (from Paignton: bearing 256°T, OS grid SX 856 600), and is situated north-north-east of Stoke Gabriel village. The land here rises in slow, deliberate curves toward the summit of Windmill Hill, where the wind carries a salt-sharp clarity from the nearby coast. Ancient earthworks and prehistoric hilltop enclosures stand as silent witnesses to a time before the modern road carved its insistent line through the valley. Collaton St Mary retains a quiet gravity, its stone-built church spire acting as a steady compass point for the local horizon. Beyond the immediate pastures, the terrain dips into the secret, wooded depths of Tenner's Bottom, where the light softens into shades of bruised plum and fern. Life here follows the pulse of the changing seasons, marked by the slow growth of crops and the occasional call of a buzzard circling the quiet fields. Each lane retains a distinct, earthy character, defined by high banks of red soil that seem to hold the heat of the sun long after dusk has settled.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Collaton St Mary, 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 Collaton St Mary includes coordinates 50.428885, -3.611273, 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 Collaton St Mary is available on the Collaton St Mary 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.