Whiddon, Devon Weather
About Whiddon, Devon
Whiddon emerges from the North Devon landscape as a collection of quiet lanes and ancient hedgerows, where the morning mist clings stubbornly to the low-lying pastures. It lies 3.3 miles north of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 350°T, OS grid SS 550 386), and is situated south-west of Milltown village. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the Colam Stream as it traces its slender, silver path through the northern fields. Whiddon maintains a steady, agricultural composure, its fields defined by the hard labour of generations who worked the soil long before the modern age encroached. To the south-west, the waters of the Knowl Water carve subtle indentations into the earth, providing a persistent, rhythmic accompaniment to the turn of the seasons. Sunlight strikes the stone walls of local farmsteads with a stark, honest brightness, revealing the rough texture of the masonry that has weathered many a gale from the Bristol Channel. These lanes, narrow and deep-set, serve as the quiet arteries of Whiddon, connecting isolated hearths to the wider pulse of the Devon countryside. Such a landscape offers a reprieve from haste, where the only urgency is the movement of the wind across the high, exposed ridges.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Whiddon, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whiddon, 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 Whiddon includes coordinates 51.128484, -4.072363, 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 Whiddon is available on the Whiddon 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.