Shaugh Prior, Devon Weather
About Shaugh Prior, Devon
Granite ridges and the damp breath of the moors define the rugged character of Shaugh Prior. It lies 5.7 miles north of Sherford (from Sherford: bearing 353°T, OS grid SX 542 630), and is situated north-west of Wotter village. Here, the light catches the lichen-spotted stone of the Shaugh Prior Village Cross, a silent sentinel that has watched the seasons turn since the medieval era. To the north, the eighty-eight hectares of Shaugh Prior Woods SSSI hold the quiet weight of ancient timber, where the air is heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp earth. Further up, the prehistoric enclosures on Dewerstone Hill mark a landscape that has long been shaped by hands now vanished into the loam. The earth here is lean and stony, demanding much from those who work it, yet it offers a stark, enduring beauty that refuses to be tamed by modern convenience. Shaugh Prior remains a place where the horizon feels vast, pulling the eye toward the distant, rolling edges of the moorland. Time moves not by the clock, but by the shifting shadows that stretch across the valley floor as the sun retreats behind the tors.
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About This Shaugh Prior, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shaugh Prior, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Shaugh Prior includes coordinates 50.449443, -4.054331, 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 Shaugh Prior is available on the Shaugh Prior 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.