Madford reveals itself through the quiet persistence of its lanes, where the damp earth exhales a scent of ancient, unhurried growth. It lies 5.9 miles south of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 175°T, OS grid ST 145 110), and is situated south-south-east of Hemyock village. Shadows stretch long and thin across the fields as the sun dips behind the rise of Collard Hill, casting the landscape into a deep, contemplative stillness. Only a short distance away, the crumbling stones of Dunkeswell Abbey remain as silent witnesses to a time when prayer shaped the horizon. This vestige of the medieval world anchors the spirit of Madford, grounding its identity in the slow, inevitable reclamation of masonry by moss and ivy. The light here possesses a particular, silvered clarity, illuminating the hedgerows with a precision that makes every leaf appear carved from glass. Travellers passing through find that Madford does not demand attention, but rather invites a lingering gaze at the way the sky meets the rolling terrain. Such geography suggests a place where the seasons are not merely observed, but felt in the very marrow of the stone walls that partition the land.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Madford, 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 Madford includes coordinates 50.892863, -3.215824, 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 Madford is available on the Madford 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.