Granite-hewn cottages and an ancient oak tree define the quiet character of Meavy. It lies 5.8 miles south-east of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 139°T, OS grid SX 540 672), and is situated south-south-east of Dousland village. Sheltered by the rugged expanse of Dartmoor National Park, the houses here seem to emerge directly from the thin, acidic soil of the moorland fringe. A short walk to the south-east reveals the grey, weathered form of Marchant’s Cross, a stony sentinel that has watched the slow passage of seasons for centuries. The air carries a sharp, clean scent of gorse and damp earth, particularly as one approaches the nearby Burrator Quarries Sssi. Meavy maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of modern transit, favouring instead the slow, rhythmic dripping of rain from moss-covered walls. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the village green that stretch toward the horizon with a deliberate, haunting precision. This is a place where the landscape dictates the habits of those who dwell within it, binding them to the cycles of the high moor.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Meavy, 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 Meavy includes coordinates 50.486422, -4.058177, 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 Meavy is available on the Meavy 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.