Hexworthy emerges from the granite-strewn expanse of the high moor, a place where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of peat and cold water. It lies 6.5 miles west-north-west of Ashburton (from Ashburton: bearing 284°T, OS grid SX 655 726), and is situated west-north-west of Holne village. Within the rugged boundaries of Dartmoor National Park, the land rises and falls with a muscular gravity that defies the taming hand of man. To the east, the O Brook cuts a silver thread through the heather, its passage marked by the silent, moss-covered stones of ancient blowing houses where tinners once laboured in the damp gloom. Hexworthy keeps watch over these lonely valleys, standing as a quiet sentinel against the encroaching shadows of the tors. Beyond the immediate cluster of dwellings, the Down Ridge Stone Circle waits in the tall grass, its weathered monoliths holding a stillness that seems to predate the very concept of time. The wind here does not merely blow; it sings against the hard, grey outcrops, shaping a landscape that feels both indifferent to human ambition and profoundly ancient. Hexworthy remains an anchor in this vast, open theatre of earth and sky, where the light shifts with a sudden, restless brilliance that clarifies every blade of grass.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hexworthy, 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 Hexworthy includes coordinates 50.538028, -3.899072, 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 Hexworthy is available on the Hexworthy 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.