Northleigh emerges from the verdant folds of East Devon as a sanctuary of quiet lanes and ancient, high-hedged boundaries. It lies 3.3 miles west-north-west of Colyton (from Colyton: bearing 291°T, OS grid SY 195 960), and is situated north-north-west of Southleigh village. The terrain rises sharply toward the summit of Warren Hill, where the wind carries a salt-touched sharpness across the open ridges. Below these heights, the land spills into deep, shadowed combes that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed the sky. To the east, the rhythmic trickling of Offwell Brook provides a constant, low-frequency pulse to the surrounding agricultural fields. Northleigh retains a sturdy, weathered character, defined by stone walls that seem to have grown directly from the iron-rich soil. The parish church, with its tower rising above the canopy, acts as a silent anchor for the scattered dwellings that make up the heart of Northleigh. Here, the passage of the seasons is marked not by clocks, but by the slow turning of the harvest and the changing intensity of the light upon the rolling hills.
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Live animated radar for Northleigh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Northleigh, 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 Northleigh includes coordinates 50.758118, -3.14151, 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 Northleigh is available on the Northleigh 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.