Kerscott, Devon Weather
About Kerscott, Devon
Kerscott endures as a quiet collection of stone and slate holding fast against the rolling topography of North Devon. It lies 5.2 miles east-south-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 116°T, OS grid SS 633 294), and is situated east-south-east of Swimbridge village. The land here rises to meet the sky, as Great Hill and Pugsley’s Hill cast long, thin shadows across the fields during the brief, golden hours of a winter afternoon. These heights define the horizon, pressing the air into the hollows where the damp, iron-rich earth sustains a slow, deliberate agricultural life. Beyond the immediate pastures, the High Down Quarry Sssi reveals the geological bones of the region, where layers of darkened rock offer a silent, stratified history of the ground beneath one's feet. Kerscott remains largely untouched by the clamour of modern thoroughfares, preserving a solitude that is punctuated only by the seasonal migration of birds and the shifting patterns of the clouds. Rain often gathers over the slopes, turning the lanes into narrow veins of silver that reflect the pale, expansive light of the South West. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual weathering of masonry and the steady, rhythmic growth of the hedgerows.
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Live animated radar for Kerscott and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Kerscott, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kerscott, 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 Kerscott includes coordinates 51.048248, -3.950488, 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 Kerscott is available on the Kerscott 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.