Westacott, Devon Weather
About Westacott, Devon
Westacott reveals itself as a quiet cluster of dwellings gathered where the rolling North Devon topography softens into the fertile valley floor. It lies 1.6 miles east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 101°T, OS grid SS 583 327), and is situated north-west of Landkey village. The morning light often lingers here, catching the dew on the hedgerows before stretching toward the distant, shimmering surface of Sowden Reservoir. To the south-west, the modest waters of Coney Gut carve a path through the earth, marking the rhythm of the land with a persistent, liquid murmur. Residents of Westacott often walk the nearby trails, where the air holds the sharp, clean scent of damp soil and ancient stone. The transition from the bustle of the nearby market town to this stillness is marked by the shifting quality of the sky, which seems wider and more watchful above the fields. Westacott maintains a grounded character, defined by the interplay of deep-rooted agricultural traditions and the steady, unpretentious pace of the changing seasons. Each season brings a different clarity to the horizon, grounding the houses in a landscape that feels both enduring and remarkably present.
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Live animated radar for Westacott and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Westacott, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westacott, 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 Westacott includes coordinates 51.0767, -4.023079, 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 Westacott is available on the Westacott 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.