East Down, Devon Weather
About East Down, Devon
East Down captures the quiet gravity of a landscape shaped by long-standing agricultural tradition and the persistent, low-slung light of North Devon. It lies 6.0 miles north-north-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 25°T, OS grid SS 602 418), and is situated north of Shirwell village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular tension, particularly as the ground climbs toward the elevated ridge of Ford Hill just a short distance to the north-north-west. Ancient echoes of the past persist in the local topography, where the earth bears the marks of early inhabitants near the barrows of Higher Mattocks Down. East Down maintains a character defined by its resilient stone architecture and the expansive, open skies that seem to press down upon the fields. To the south-east, the curated grounds of Arlington Court offer a contrast to the wilder, unkempt edges of the surrounding moorland. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, often smelling of damp gorse and the salt-tinged winds blowing in from the Bristol Channel. Through the seasons, East Down retains a stoic composure, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its parish boundaries.
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Live animated radar for East Down and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This East Down, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Down, 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 East Down includes coordinates 51.159197, -4.000501, 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 East Down is available on the East Down 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.