Holsworthy Beacon commands a quiet prominence over the rolling pasturelands of the Torridge district. It lies 2.8 miles north-north-east of Holsworthy (from Holsworthy: bearing 20°T, OS grid SS 359 080), and is situated south-west of Milton Damerel village. The elevation of Holsworthy Beacon draws the eye toward the horizon, where the light shifts across the fields with a restless, silvered clarity. To the east, the Brendon Farm SSSI preserves a fragment of ancient, undisturbed earth, where the damp grasses hold the morning dew long after the sun has climbed. The geography here is marked by the steady, unadorned work of the plough and the slow passage of clouds over the open ridges. Nearby, the High Barrow serves as a silent, earthen anchor to the past, grounding the landscape in a history that predates the current stone boundaries. Holsworthy Beacon remains a place where the wind carries the scent of turning soil, unburdened by the clamour of larger thoroughfares.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Holsworthy Beacon, 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 Holsworthy Beacon includes coordinates 50.848809, -4.331744, 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 Holsworthy Beacon is available on the Holsworthy Beacon 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.