Lapford, Devon Weather
About Lapford, Devon
Lapford holds a quiet authority over the rolling topography of Mid Devon, where the land rises and falls in long, muscular swells of green. It lies 5.9 miles north-east of North Tawton (from North Tawton: bearing 44°T, OS grid SS 732 083), and is situated east of Nymet Rowland village. The elevated slopes of Colt’s Hill catch the morning sun, casting a long, slanted shadow across the fields towards the lower reaches of the valley. Ancient echoes linger in the soil nearby, where the Roman Fort and Roman Camp at Bury Barton remain as silent, earthwork witnesses to centuries of passage. Lapford itself retains a sturdy character, with stone walls and timber framing that seem to draw their resilience from the surrounding clay and grit. The air here carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby Knighty Brook, which carves a modest path through the landscape below the higher ridges. Residents observe the turning of the seasons through the shifting hues of the hedgerows, which act as living boundaries for the agricultural life that defines the parish. Time in Lapford moves with a steady, unforced cadence, undisturbed by the hurried pulse of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Lapford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lapford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lapford, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lapford, 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 Lapford includes coordinates 50.860881, -3.802817, 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 Lapford is available on the Lapford 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.