Harpford, Devon Weather
About Harpford, Devon
Harpford holds its ground against the slow, patient erosion of the River Otter, where the water carves a deep and quiet path through the red earth. It lies 2.7 miles north-west of Sidmouth (from Sidmouth: bearing 306°T, OS grid SY 091 903), and is situated north-east of Newton Poppleford village. The light here catches the damp limestone of the church walls, turning them to the colour of pale honey as the afternoon wanes. To the north, the verdant expanse of Tipton Vale pulls the eye toward a horizon that feels both ancient and unbothered by the haste of modern transit. Harpford remains a place of damp lanes and heavy, fertile mud, where the shadow of Bulverton Hill looms large to the east, casting a long, cooling reach over the fields. The nearby Metcombe Stream runs thin and clear, providing a constant, low-frequency pulse to the silence of the surrounding woods. Local life here moves in synchrony with the seasonal turn of the crops, far from the clamour of the busier coast. Every lane in Harpford carries the weight of centuries, worn smooth by the passage of carts and the slow, heavy tread of livestock.
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Live animated radar for Harpford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Harpford, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harpford, 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 Harpford includes coordinates 50.705217, -3.288542, 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 Harpford is available on the Harpford 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.