Weare Giffard rests where the land begins to soften into the lush, green folds of the Torridge valley. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Great Torrington (from Great Torrington: bearing 317°T, OS grid SS 467 223), and is situated north-east of Monkleigh village. The geography here is defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the river, which draws a silver ribbon through the fields below the rising slopes. To the north-east, The Hill looms as a silent sentinel, casting long shadows that stretch toward the timbered roof of the historic Weare Giffard Hall. The light in this corner of Devon possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the damp moss on ancient stones and turning the morning mist into a veil of spun glass. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the verdant expanse of Annery Park offers a quiet respite, its grounds holding the echoes of centuries of careful cultivation. Such places remind one that time here is not measured by the frantic pace of modern industry, but by the turning of the seasons and the heavy, fertile scent of the earth. Weare Giffard remains a singular point of calm, anchored by the gravity of its own enduring architecture and the quiet, persistent flow of the surrounding waters.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Weare Giffard, 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 Weare Giffard includes coordinates 50.979697, -4.184347, 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 Weare Giffard is available on the Weare Giffard 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.