Fairy Cross, Devon Weather
About Fairy Cross, Devon
Fairy Cross claims a modest, wind-swept prominence where the North Devon landscape begins its slow, rhythmic descent toward the Atlantic. It lies 3.4 miles west-south-west of Bideford (from Bideford: bearing 245°T, OS grid SS 404 242), and is situated south-west of Ford village. The air here holds a sharp, salt-crusted clarity, catching the light as it shifts across the fields toward the rugged indentation of Portledge Mouth. From these elevations, one can sense the pull of the coast, where the earth gives way to the restless, grey-blue expanse of the Bristol Channel. Residents of Fairy Cross move through a geography defined by ancient lanes and the hidden, moss-softened history of the nearby Churchyard Cross Socket Stone. The light in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, metallic quality, gilding the hedgerows and illuminating the quiet persistence of the local agricultural rhythm. Everything about the terrain suggests a land caught between the sturdy, enduring weight of the soil and the encroaching, wilder influence of the sea.
Flight conditions near Fairy Cross. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Fairy Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fairy Cross, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairy Cross, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fairy Cross includes coordinates 50.995557, -4.275518, 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 Fairy Cross is available on the Fairy Cross 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.