West Raddon emerges from the Devon landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the high, rolling contours of the Mid Devon countryside. It lies 3.8 miles east-north-east of Crediton (from Crediton: bearing 71°T, OS grid SS 890 022), and is situated east-north-east of Shobrooke village. To the north-north-west, the earth rises toward Raddon Hill, where the remnants of a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and later hillfort hold the memory of ancient inhabitants against the sweeping sky. The light here catches the damp stone of old farmsteads, casting long, pale shadows across the narrow lanes that wind between fields of heavy clay and pasture. A short distance away, the grounds of Shobrooke Park offer a vast, green contrast to the private, compact nature of the immediate surroundings. West Raddon maintains a character tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the distant, cooling presence of the River Creedy. The horizon remains wide and uncluttered, allowing the sun to trace the jagged edges of the hedgerows from dawn until the deep violet of dusk. This geography demands a certain patience, as the terrain requires one to move with the land rather than across it.
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Live animated radar for West Raddon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Raddon, 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 West Raddon includes coordinates 50.808905, -3.575829, 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 Raddon is available on the West Raddon 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.