Furzehill commands a rugged prominence where the high, wind-scoured horizons of the West Country meet the expansive, heather-strewn wilderness of Exmoor National Park. It lies 2.7 miles south of Lynton (from Lynton: bearing 171°T, OS grid SS 725 450), and is situated south-south-east of Barbrook village. Ancient earthworks mark the surrounding terrain, most notably the Iron Age defended settlement of Roborough Castle, which sits as a silent sentinel upon the rising ground to the north-east. The light here possesses a clarity that sharpens the edges of the drystone walls, revealing the deep, rhythmic contours of the moorland that define the local topography. To the south, the landscape falls away toward the quiet, carving presence of Ruckham Combe, where water and time have conspired to hollow out the earth. The air around Furzehill carries the faint, sharp tang of distant salt spray mingled with the scent of damp gorse and peat. Solitary shadows stretch long across the common in the late afternoon, tracing the hidden lines of a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Furzehill, 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 Furzehill includes coordinates 51.190803, -3.825441, 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 Furzehill is available on the Furzehill 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.