Harracott occupies a quiet fold of the North Devon landscape, where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the higher ground of the interior. It lies 3.9 miles south of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 178°T, OS grid SS 559 269), and is situated east of Newton Tracey village. The horizon here is dominated by the broad, brooding presence of Codden Hill, which stands as a silent sentinel over the surrounding pastures. To the north, the land dips toward the Golden Valley, a verdant crease where the light seems to catch and linger longer than elsewhere. Harracott feels the pulse of the changing seasons through the heavy, damp air that drifts up from the nearby Langham Lake. Hedgerows of hawthorn and hazel define the narrow lanes, their tangled limbs guarding the ancient boundaries of these fields. This is a place of deep clay and sturdy growth, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a bird or the wind brushing against the tall grasses. The character of Harracott remains rooted in the steady, patient rhythm of the soil, indifferent to the haste of the modern world beyond its borders.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harracott, 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 Harracott includes coordinates 51.024056, -4.05588, 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 Harracott is available on the Harracott 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.