Horns Cross, Devon Weather
About Horns Cross, Devon
Horns Cross commands a rugged stretch of the North Devon landscape, where the land tilts firmly toward the restless Atlantic. It lies 4.8 miles west-south-west of Bideford (from Bideford: bearing 242°T, OS grid SS 385 230), and is situated north-north-west of Parkham village. The wind here carries a sharp, salt-crusted clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the hawthorn hedges lining the narrow lanes. To the north, the ancient earthworks of Peppercombe Castle stand as a silent, grassy sentinel overlooking the cliffs, marking where the firm soil yields to the sea. The horizon is wide and indifferent, shaped by the relentless pressure of the prevailing weather that sweeps in from the western ocean. Between the dwellings of Horns Cross and the shore, the deep thickets of Worthygate Wood provide a shadowed refuge from the expansive, open sky. Life here follows the quiet cadence of the seasons, dictated by the turning of the tide and the slow, rhythmic growth of the surrounding pasture. This particular corner of the Torridge district retains a stubborn, windswept character that resists the encroaching softening of modernity.
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Live animated radar for Horns Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Horns Cross, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horns Cross, 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 Horns Cross includes coordinates 50.984356, -4.301842, 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 Horns Cross is available on the Horns Cross 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.