Tythecott emerges from the Devon landscape as a quiet cluster of stone and slate, holding its own against the slow, persistent pull of the seasons. It lies 5.0 miles west-south-west of Great Torrington (from Great Torrington: bearing 258°T, OS grid SS 416 177), and is situated south of Buckland Brewer village. The land here slopes away in long, disciplined folds of earth, where the light often catches the damp furrows of the fields before retreating into the heavy shadows of the hedgerows. A short distance to the east, the earthwork remains of Hembury Castle sit as a quiet sentinel of turf, marking a history that has long since surrendered its sharp edges to the grass. The nearby flow of Lydeland Water provides a rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness, its course carving a path through the clay that defines the local character. Tythecott maintains a connection to the wider Torridge district, defined by agricultural rhythms that have outlasted the clamour of more modern enterprises. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the vast expanse of the Thorne And Doves Moors Sssi stretches out, a reminder of the raw, unkempt vitality that persists just outside the reach of the plough. These moorlands carry a particular, salt-tinged stillness that lingers in the air, grounding the identity of Tythecott in a geography that is both stubbornly practical and deeply ancient.
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Live animated radar for Tythecott and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tythecott, 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 Tythecott includes coordinates 50.937059, -4.255252, 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 Tythecott is available on the Tythecott 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.