Patchole remains a quiet constellation of dwellings gathered upon the rugged, rising folds of the North Devon landscape. It lies 6.7 miles east-south-east of Ilfracombe (from Ilfracombe: bearing 114°T, OS grid SS 613 427), and is situated south-east of Combe Martin village. Deep-set lanes wind toward the horizon, where the presence of the standing stone immediately west of Higher Mattocks Down offers a silent, weathered anchor to the prehistoric past. The light here has a way of lingering against the stone walls of Patchole, turning the local masonry into a soft, bruised purple as the sun retreats. To the south, the expansive grounds of Arlington Court provide a counterpoint of manicured order to the wilder, wind-swept ridges that define the northern boundary. The earth underfoot is heavy and rich, shaped by centuries of agricultural patience that continue to dictate the slow, seasonal pulse of the inhabitants. Beyond the immediate fields, the elevation of the terrain ensures that the air remains crisp, carrying the salt-tinged breath of the Atlantic across the hills. Patchole persists as a modest, enduring fragment of the county, indifferent to the haste of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Patchole and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Patchole, 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 Patchole includes coordinates 51.167222, -3.984499, 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 Patchole is available on the Patchole 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.