Little Blagdon, Devon Weather
About Little Blagdon, Devon
Little Blagdon emerges from the Devon landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the soft, damp breath of the Atlantic and the orderly geometry of South Hams fields. It lies 2.0 miles west-south-west of Paignton (from Paignton: bearing 256°T, OS grid SX 856 600), and is situated north-north-west of Collaton St Mary village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular tension toward the heights of Windmill Hill, where the grass often leans permanently eastward under the persistence of the prevailing winds. Ancient earthworks ripple across the nearby ridges, marking the presence of prehistoric hilltop enclosures that have long since surrendered their defensive purpose to the indifferent grazing of sheep. The light in Little Blagdon possesses a particular clarity, often catching the slate roofs and stone walls in a way that sharpens the edges of the horizon against the sky. Further to the northwest, the ruined masonry of Berry Pomeroy Castle suggests a deeper, more melancholic history, standing as a silent counterpoint to the domestic order of the lanes below. Modern life in Little Blagdon moves in sync with the seasonal shift of the hedgerows, where hawthorn and blackthorn dictate the changing colour of the verges. Residents maintain a steady, private relationship with the surrounding topography, finding that the proximity of the coast and the inland hills creates a distinct, dual sense of shelter and exposure.
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Live animated radar for Little Blagdon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Little Blagdon, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Blagdon, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Little Blagdon includes coordinates 50.429063, -3.611406, 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 Little Blagdon is available on the Little Blagdon 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.