Rock marks a quiet intersection of lanes where the Devon landscape shifts into a series of sharp, verdant folds. It lies 2.8 miles north-north-west of Axminster (from Axminster: bearing 331°T, OS grid ST 275 024), and is situated south-south-west of Membury village. The earth here holds a peculiar geological memory, visible in the exposed strata of the nearby Quarry Fields Farm Sssi, where the ground reveals the slow accumulation of ancient lime. Sunlight catches the limestone walls of the few dwellings, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon wanes. To the east, the earth rises toward the iron-age ramparts of Membury Castle, a silent sentinel that has watched the slow drift of seasons for centuries. Rock remains defined by these heavy silences, where the wind carries the scent of damp moss and upturned soil from the lower valleys. The rhythm of life here is governed by the gradual turn of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the nearby market towns. Each lane leading away from Rock seems to narrow, eventually dissolving into the overgrown tracks that define this corner of the South West.
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Live animated radar for Rock and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock, 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 Rock includes coordinates 50.816872, -3.030088, 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 Rock is available on the Rock 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.