Umberleigh occupies a quiet stretch of the Taw valley where the river pulls the light across the fields in long, silver ribbons. It lies 6.7 miles south-south-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 151°T, OS grid SS 608 236), and is situated east-north-east of Atherington village. The land here holds the memory of ancient earthworks, with the nearby Brightley Barton Camp marking a high, silent point where the horizon meets the sky. Beyond the modern road, the landscape retains a persistent, rugged composure that defies the haste of the coast. To the east, the stone of the Eastacott Cross stands as a weathered sentinel, its surface worn smooth by centuries of wind and soft Devon rain. Umberleigh carries a rhythmic pace dictated by the seasonal pulse of the surrounding pasture and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. The air possesses a clean, sharp weight, particularly as the evening shadows lengthen over the damp earth and the distant, rising slopes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Umberleigh, 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 Umberleigh includes coordinates 50.99578, -3.984727, 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 Umberleigh is available on the Umberleigh 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.