Southerton emerges from the quiet creases of the East Devon landscape as a collection of dwellings defined by the patient pace of the surrounding agricultural earth. It lies 3.3 miles south-south-west of Ottery St Mary (from Ottery St Mary: bearing 203°T, OS grid SY 076 905), and is situated north-west of Newton Poppleford village. The light here catches the damp limestone of the walls, revealing a masonry that seems to have grown out of the ground rather than been placed upon it. To the south-west, the slopes of Harpford Hill rise with a steady, watchful gravity, holding the horizon in a firm grip against the encroaching coastal winds. A short distance away, the ancient earthworks of the round barrow cemetery mark the high ground, serving as silent, grass-grown sentinels of a forgotten tenure. Southerton remains tethered to these subtle elevations, where the air tastes of salt and turned soil in equal measure. Life in Southerton follows the quiet rotation of the seasons, unbothered by the restless hum of the modern thoroughfares that bypass its borders. Every hedge and fence line here holds the memory of a long, deliberate labour, keeping the spirit of the hamlet anchored in the stillness of the Devon hills.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southerton, 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 Southerton includes coordinates 50.706942, -3.308926, 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 Southerton is available on the Southerton 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.