Rundlestone emerges from the high, unforgiving granite spine of the moor as a place where the horizon claims more authority than the earth itself. It lies 5.7 miles east of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 85°T, OS grid SX 573 749), and is situated north-west of Princetown village. Within the expansive reaches of Dartmoor National Park, Rundlestone commands a view where the air often tastes of cold iron and sudden, sweeping rain. The landscape here is defined by the stark silhouette of North Hessary Tor, which rises to the south-east like a jagged tooth against the shifting grey of the Devon sky. To the north-east, the Blackbrook River carves a restless, winding path through the peat, feeding the silence that defines this elevated terrain. Ancient remnants of human presence linger in the nearby stone hut circles, their weathered foundations offering a quiet contrast to the vast, indifferent wildness of the surrounding tors. Here, the light does not merely fall; it scours the hillsides, revealing the stubborn, lichen-crusted character of a landscape that has long resisted the reach of industry. Rundlestone remains a waypoint for the wind, a solitary outpost where the rugged vitality of the moor asserts itself against every encroaching season.
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Live animated radar for Rundlestone and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rundlestone, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Rundlestone includes coordinates 50.55708, -4.015001, 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 Rundlestone is available on the Rundlestone 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.