West Down, Devon Weather
About West Down, Devon
West Down emerges from the folds of the North Devon landscape as a collection of stone and slate held fast against the Atlantic winds. It lies 3.3 miles south of Ilfracombe (from Ilfracombe: bearing 180°T, OS grid SS 514 420), and is situated south-south-east of Lincombe village. The light here has a peculiar, silvered quality, catching the high ridges of Snow Ball to the south-east before spilling down into the lanes that define the perimeter of West Down. Ancient barrows mark the higher ground towards the east, quiet earthen mounds that have watched the slow shift of seasons for centuries. Water finds its own path through this terrain, with the River Caen carving its trajectory through the fields to the north-east, nourishing the heavy, fertile soil. The architecture of West Down reflects a long intimacy with the land, featuring sturdy masonry that seems to have grown directly from the bedrock. Walking the periphery, one senses the quiet gravity of a place that remains indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world. Every stone wall and gatepost serves as a silent marker of a history that prefers to be felt rather than spoken.
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Live animated radar for West Down and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Down, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Down, 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 West Down includes coordinates 51.158747, -4.125892, 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 West Down is available on the West Down 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.