Harford breathes beneath a vast, indifferent sky where the granite bones of the earth break through the thin turf. It lies 2.0 miles north of Ivybridge (from Ivybridge: bearing 1°T, OS grid SX 638 594). The hamlet sits deep within the rugged expanse of Dartmoor National Park, caught in the tension between the high, gale-swept moor and the sheltered descent toward the coast. Nearby, the waters of Butter Brook carve a narrow, insistent path through the bracken, their cold clarity reflecting the sudden shifts in Atlantic light. Ancient shadows lengthen across the Unenclosed Stone Hut Circle Settlement west of the reservoir, where the silence of prehistoric stone remains heavier than the passing years. Harford commands a landscape defined by austere endurance rather than comfort, where the wind carries the scent of peat and damp wool. The architecture remains sparse, composed of local stone that mimics the surrounding outcrops in both colour and grim resolve. Visitors find that Harford offers little in the way of artifice, providing instead a stark, unvarnished encounter with the wilder edges of the South Hams.
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Live animated radar for Harford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harford, 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 Harford includes coordinates 50.418781, -3.91851, 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 Harford is available on the Harford 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.