Colwell, Devon Weather
About Colwell, Devon
Colwell emerges from the verdant East Devon landscape as a modest collection of dwellings defined by the quiet tenacity of the surrounding farmland. It lies 2.5 miles east-south-east of Honiton (from Honiton: bearing 120°T, OS grid SY 198 985), and is situated south-south-east of Offwell village. The topography here is dictated by the slow, deliberate rise of the land towards the heights of Widworthy Hill, where the air thins and takes on a sharper, more bracing quality. Geologically, the earth beneath Colwell remains linked to the nearby Wilmington Quarry Sssi, a site that exposes the chalky foundations of this corner of the county. The light in the late afternoon often catches the limestone contours of the terrain, turning the fields into a sequence of muted, shifting greys and ochres. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the hamlet, the land slopes towards the drainage of the Offwell Brook, which carves a persistent, liquid path through the heavier clay soils. Colwell retains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the clamour of busier thoroughfares, yet always aware of the ancient, elevated ridges that watch over its quiet progress.
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Live animated radar for Colwell and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Colwell, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colwell, 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 Colwell includes coordinates 50.781041, -3.138735, 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 Colwell is available on the Colwell 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.