Lower Tale emerges from the verdant folds of East Devon as a scattering of dwellings defined by the quiet persistence of its agricultural heritage. It lies 4.4 miles south-east of Cullompton (from Cullompton: bearing 137°T, OS grid ST 067 018), and is situated west of Payhembury village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the low-lying fields catch the silvered light of dawn before it spills toward the distant, rolling rise of Cheriton Hill. Lanes wind between thick, unkempt hedgerows that seem to guard the privacy of the homesteads from the wider world. To the west, the landscape softens as the land dips toward the path of the River Clyst, its waters tracing a slow, deliberate line through the pastoral floor. Lower Tale maintains a character of understated endurance, largely untouched by the clamour of modern thoroughfares. A traveller might catch the sudden, sharp call of a bird of prey drifting over from the Yarak Bird of Prey Centre, punctuating the silence of the afternoon. This modest collection of roofs and chimneys remains a steady witness to the seasons, as indifferent to the passage of time as the deep, ancient clay beneath its feet.
Flight conditions near Lower Tale. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lower Tale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Tale, 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 Lower Tale includes coordinates 50.808811, -3.324404, 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 Lower Tale is available on the Lower Tale 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.