Edistone holds the quiet gravity of the Hartland Peninsula, where the wind shears across the exposed Devon fields. It lies 9.6 miles north of Stratton (from Stratton: bearing 5°T, OS grid SS 249 218), and is situated south-south-west of Hartland village. The land here leans into the Atlantic, a rugged shelf of earth that falls within the protected boundaries of the Marsland To Clovelly Coast SSSI. Edistone remains a place of sparse, hard-won light, where the salt-heavy air scours the stone of low walls and hedges. To the north, the rugged rise of Andrew’s Hill casts a long, blunt shadow over the surrounding lanes as the seasons turn. The horizon is wide and indifferent, dominated by a sky that changes with the sudden, sharp violence of the coast. Below the soil, the deep geology of the region persists, indifferent to the small clusters of homes that endure the persistent westerly gales. Every structure in Edistone seems to hunker down, absorbing the damp chill that rolls inland from the cliffs.
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Live animated radar for Edistone and surroundings — RainViewer.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edistone, 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 Edistone includes coordinates 50.969225, -4.495054, 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 Edistone is available on the Edistone 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.