Mead reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings tucked into the rugged folds of the North Devon coastline. It lies 7.0 miles north of Bude (from Bude: bearing 4°T, OS grid SS 221 178), and is situated north-north-west of Shop village. Salt-laden winds scour the lanes here, shaping the hawthorn hedges into lean, wind-blown forms that point perpetually toward the Bristol Channel. Only a short walk away, the Old Mill Leat holds the stillness of dark, peaty water, reflecting the shifting grey of the Atlantic sky. The terrain rises sharply toward the horizon, where the earth gives way to the precipitous drop of the cliffs at Marsland Beach. Mead remains tethered to this visceral edge of England, where the rhythm of the tides dictates the pace of the day more than any clock. On clear afternoons, the light catches the gorse in bright, sudden bursts of yellow, illuminating the path along the cliff tops. Life in Mead exists in the intersection of ancient geology and the persistent, quiet endurance of those who work the stubborn soil.
Flight conditions near Mead. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Mead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mead, 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 Mead includes coordinates 50.932636, -4.532676, 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 Mead is available on the Mead 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.