Hawkerland emerges from the low, bracken-strewn horizons of East Devon as a scattering of dwellings defined by the austere silence of the heath. It lies 4.2 miles north of Budleigh Salterton (from Budleigh Salterton: bearing 354°T, OS grid SY 056 887), and is situated west-north-west of Colaton Raleigh village. The character of Hawkerland is inseparable from the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths SSSI, where the thin, acidic soil supports a resilient flora that seems to hold the light in a pale, dusty suspension. Ancient earthworks lie nearby, including the Bowl Barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, marking a landscape where the human footprint has long been muted by the encroaching scrub. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often filtered through the gorse that dominates the rising ground. To the east, the Hawkerland Valley carves a shallow, verdant incision into the plateau, offering a respite from the exposed, wind-scoured ridges. Hawkerland persists not as a bustling centre of industry, but as a quiet sentinel overlooking the expansive, ancient terrain of the Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve. In the gloaming, the transition from open heath to the sheltered perimeter of the tracks gives the place an introspective, almost solitary gravity.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawkerland, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hawkerland includes coordinates 50.690422, -3.337404, 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 Hawkerland is available on the Hawkerland 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.