St Ann's Chapel holds the quiet gravity of a crossroads where the salt-heavy air of the South Hams meets the dense, inland green of the Devonshire hills. It lies 4.8 miles west-north-west of Kingsbridge (from Kingsbridge: bearing 292°T, OS grid SX 664 471), and is situated north-north-west of Bigbury village. The terrain here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of earth, carrying the light of the Atlantic across fields that have been ploughed since the iron age. Only a short distance away, the medieval holy well known as St Ann’s Well remains tucked away near Holwell Farm, a silent witness to the centuries of pilgrims who once sought its cool, hidden waters. Further to the south-east, the ancient silhouette of the Long Barrow and two bowl barrows marks the horizon, grounding St Ann's Chapel in a deep, pre-literate history. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the hedgerows and the shifting seasons of the working farm, far removed from the clamour of larger ports. As evening descends, the shadows lengthen across the lanes, revealing a landscape that feels less like a map and more like a living, breathing expanse of loam and sky. Each lane leading away from St Ann's Chapel offers a glimpse into a world where the horizon remains wide, open, and utterly unpretentious.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Ann's Chapel, 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 St Ann's Chapel includes coordinates 50.309459, -3.877098, 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 St Ann's Chapel is available on the St Ann's Chapel 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.