Thornbury emerges from the rolling Devon terrain as a collection of quiet lanes and ancient stone, where the wind carries the damp, earthy scent of the Atlantic. It lies 4.6 miles north-east of Holsworthy (from Holsworthy: bearing 49°T, OS grid SS 400 084), and is situated south-east of Milton Damerel village. The land here holds the light in a peculiar, bruised grey way, as if the sky were still heavy with the ghosts of medieval harvests. A short walk to the south-east leads toward the remnants of Dunsland House, where the encroaching wildness of the landscape begins to reclaim the formal order of its historic grounds. The nearby Walled Kitchen Garden stands as a hollowed shell, its brickwork absorbing the sun to offer a lingering warmth against the chill of the evening air. Thornbury remains defined by these margins, where the domesticity of farmyards meets the untamed thickets of the surrounding woods. Water marks the boundaries of this life, with the slow, deliberate currents of Combe Lake drawing a dark line through the fields to the north-east. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual thickening of the hedgerows and the persistent, low-slung clouds that drift over the high ground.
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Live animated radar for Thornbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thornbury, 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 Thornbury includes coordinates 50.853508, -4.27415, 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 Thornbury is available on the Thornbury 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.