Prescott, Devon Weather
About Prescott, Devon
Prescott emerges from the quiet creases of the Mid Devon landscape as a collection of dwellings defined by the patient, unyielding rhythm of the earth. It lies 5.0 miles south-west of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 218°T, OS grid ST 088 142), and is situated west-north-west of Culmstock village. The atmosphere here is shaped by the heavy, damp breath of the Culm Valley, where the light often lingers in silvered ribbons across the low-lying pastures. Just a short journey to the east, the silhouette of Culmstock Beacon commands the horizon, reminding those who walk these paths of the ancient fires that once signalled peril across the hills. Prescott remains a place of deep-rooted agricultural industry, where the soil holds a dark, mineral richness that has sustained local families for generations. To the north, the protected heathland of Maiden Down Sssi offers a wild, untamed contrast to the orderly fields, where gorse and heather thrive in the thin, windswept air. Such natural boundaries ensure that Prescott keeps a measured distance from the hurried pace of modern life, maintaining a quiet autonomy. The architecture of the region reflects this isolation, favouring sturdy, local stone that seems to have grown directly from the bedrock it occupies.
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Live animated radar for Prescott and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Prescott, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prescott, 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 Prescott includes coordinates 50.920902, -3.298561, 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 Prescott is available on the Prescott 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.