Dowland retains a quiet, sequestered dignity amidst the rolling pastures of the Torridge district. It lies 7.1 miles south-east of Great Torrington (from Great Torrington: bearing 139°T, OS grid SS 568 103), and is situated south of Dolton village. The landscape here is defined by the slow, rhythmic pulse of agriculture, where the light catches the dew on the hedgerows with a clarity that seems to sharpen the very air. Ancient stone markers persist as silent witnesses to the passage of centuries, most notably the weathered churchyard cross standing just south of the local church. Nearby, the worn granite of the wayside cross socket stone remains at the road junction, anchoring Dowland to a past that refuses to fade entirely into the green gloom. To the north-west, the waters of Golden Pool hold the reflection of the sky in a stillness that contrasts with the distant, busy life of the county. Dowland possesses an unassuming grace, where the earth holds its own counsel beneath the expansive, shifting clouds of the South West.
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Live animated radar for Dowland and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dowland, 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 Dowland includes coordinates 50.874642, -4.03565, 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 Dowland is available on the Dowland 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.