Stowford occupies a quiet fold of the East Devon landscape, where the earth yields to the soft, heather-clad undulations of the Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve. It lies 3.2 miles north of Budleigh Salterton (from Budleigh Salterton: bearing 356°T, OS grid SY 059 870), and is situated north-north-east of Yettington village. The land here carries the quiet weight of deep geological time, as the iron-rich stones of the heath shift under the changing light of the seasons. Ancient echoes reside in the nearby Bowl Barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, an earthen mark upon the ridge that watches over the passage of the wind. Much of Stowford resides within the expansive, verdant grounds of Bicton Park, where carefully tended gardens offer a stark, refined contrast to the wilder, open scrubland nearby. The air feels heavy with the scent of damp pine and the salt-tinged breeze that travels inland from the unseen coast. Through the seasons, the local atmosphere remains tethered to the slow turn of the agricultural year rather than the hurried pulse of modern transit. Stowford endures as a place of subtle textures, defined by the interplay between the managed estate and the untamed, ancient heath.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stowford, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Stowford includes coordinates 50.675339, -3.332022, 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 Stowford is available on the Stowford 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.