Shirwell, Devon Weather
About Shirwell, Devon
Shirwell reveals itself as a collection of stone and slate held fast against the shifting winds of the North Devon plateau. It lies 3.4 miles north-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 42°T, OS grid SS 597 373), and is situated east-north-east of Shirwell Cross village. The morning light often catches the ancient, silent boundary of the nearby hillfort at Coneybeare Wood, where the earth remembers the iron-age toil of those who watched the horizon long before the current lanes were laid. Beyond the church tower, the grounds of Youlston Park extend their generous, green reach, preserving a stately quietude that seems to anchor the surrounding fields. Shirwell maintains a character defined by the sturdy, unyielding nature of its architecture, reflecting a resilience forged by centuries of agricultural patience. The soil here is heavy and deep, demanding a quiet labour from the generations who have worked the slopes under wide, unsheltered skies. Rain clouds frequently sweep in from the Bristol Channel, darkening the limestone masonry until the walls of Shirwell appear as solid as the bedrock beneath them. This landscape offers no artifice, only the honest, cooling breath of the Atlantic moving across the ridge to stir the quiet lanes.
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Live animated radar for Shirwell and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shirwell, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shirwell, 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 Shirwell includes coordinates 51.118406, -4.005625, 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 Shirwell is available on the Shirwell 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.