Meeth occupies a quiet corner of the Devon landscape where the clay soil holds a heavy, ancient memory of industrial extraction. It lies 7.5 miles south-south-east of Great Torrington (from Great Torrington: bearing 153°T, OS grid SS 548 082), and is situated west of Iddesleigh village. The River Okement flows less than a mile to the south-east, its waters carving a determined path through the dark, damp earth that defines the local topography. Meeth retains a sparse, resilient character, shaped by a history of ball clay mining that once scarred and then slowly relinquished the land back to the encroaching bracken. Low light often catches the edges of the disused pits, turning the water a startling, glassy turquoise against the muted greens of the surrounding pasture. A short distance away, the War Horse Valley Country Farm Park serves as a reminder of the literary and historical threads that bind this region to the wider currents of the twentieth century. The wind moves across the open fields with a singular, unbothered persistence, carrying the scent of damp peat and distant salt. Here, the horizon feels wide and unencumbered, demanding a certain patience from those who choose to traverse its quiet, sunken lanes.
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Live animated radar for Meeth and surroundings — RainViewer.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Meeth, 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 Meeth includes coordinates 50.855395, -4.063854, 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 Meeth is available on the Meeth 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.