Cottwood persists as a quiet gathering of dwellings upon the rolling topography of the Torridge district. It lies 7.7 miles east-south-east of Great Torrington (from Great Torrington: bearing 111°T, OS grid SS 610 143), and is situated north-north-east of Riddlecombe village. The horizon here is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of Hound Hill, which watches over the pastureland with a silent, stony gravity. To the south, the clear waters of Mully Brook carve a modest path through the earth, reflecting the pale, shifting light of the Devon sky. Ancient earthworks remain as subtle swellings in the fields, where the Four Bowl Barrows on Burrington Moor stand as weathered reminders of a forgotten, prehistoric tenure. Cottwood remains a place of agricultural persistence, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the labour of the fields. The air carries a crisp, lingering dampness that speaks of the proximity to open moorland and the slow, rhythmic breath of the surrounding valleys. Each morning, the light catches the moss-grown stone of the older walls, revealing a texture as intricate and aged as the landscape itself.
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Live animated radar for Cottwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottwood, 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 Cottwood includes coordinates 50.91209, -3.978219, 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 Cottwood is available on the Cottwood 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.