Rushford emerges from the verdant West Devon landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 2.3 miles west-north-west of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 299°T, OS grid SX 449 763), and is situated south of Lamerton village. The sunlight here often catches the grey stone of the older walls, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon wanes. To the north, the ancient topography is marked by the Round Barrow Cemetery at Heathfield, where the earth humps gently against the horizon like the back of a sleeping creature. Rushford maintains a grounded existence, far removed from the clamour of modern life, where the air holds the clean, sharp scent of damp earth and coming rain. The nearby River Wallabrook provides a rhythmic, silver thread that winds through the surrounding pastures, reflecting the changing moods of the Devon sky. Here, the land speaks in the language of furrow and hedge, holding a stillness that seems to endure long after the sun has slipped behind the hills.
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Live animated radar for Rushford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rushford, 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 Rushford includes coordinates 50.565909, -4.190411, 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 Rushford is available on the Rushford 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.