Newbuildings maintains a quiet, unassuming presence amidst the rolling agricultural folds of the Mid Devon landscape. It lies 3.0 miles north-west of Crediton (from Crediton: bearing 310°T, OS grid SS 795 035), and is situated east-north-east of Copplestone village. Higher Woolsgrove rises sharply just to the south-south-west, casting a long, slender shadow over the fields as the sun begins its slow descent toward the horizon. The air here holds the damp, earthy scent of turned soil and distant rain, a reminder of the generations who have worked this land. Beyond the immediate cluster of buildings, the landscape opens into a patchwork of hedgerows and meadows where the light catches the dew with a pale, silver intensity. A short distance to the west, the quiet flow of Knathorne Brook carves a winding path through the valley, its water reflecting the muted greys and greens of the English sky. Newbuildings remains a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual shifting of the seasons across the open fields. Those who walk these lanes find a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely immediate.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newbuildings, 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 Newbuildings includes coordinates 50.818654, -3.711693, 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 Newbuildings is available on the Newbuildings 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.