Whipcott marks a singular point in the Mid Devon landscape where the heavy clay earth meets the quiet persistence of rural industry. It lies 4.4 miles west-south-west of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 252°T, OS grid ST 071 184), and is situated east of Holcombe Rogus village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, defined by the low, watchful rise of Beacon Hill to the north-northeast. Moisture clings to the hedgerows, feeding the nearby Lower Whipcott Sssi, where six hectares of damp pasture preserve a fragile, ancient botanical rhythm. Centuries of agricultural toil have smoothed the fields into a muted palette of ochre and deep, sodden green. Beyond the immediate pastures, the crumbling stone remnants of Canonsleigh Abbey stand as a silent, grey punctuation mark against the horizon. Whipcott remains a place of subtle shifts in light, where the wind carries the damp scent of the countryside across the open, uncrowded lanes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whipcott, 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 Whipcott includes coordinates 50.958395, -3.323228, 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 Whipcott is available on the Whipcott 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.