Whitford catches the morning light in a way that turns the damp valley floor into a pale, shifting mirror. It lies 1.3 miles north-east of Colyton (from Colyton: bearing 36°T, OS grid SY 258 957), and is situated south-south-east of Shute village. The Hampton Goyle traces a slow, deliberate path past the eastern edge of the houses, its waters cooling the heavy, clay-rich air of the valley bottom. A mile to the north, the ancient beacon on Shute Hill watches over the low-lying pastures, a silent sentinel that has seen the changing face of the local harvest for centuries. The architecture here holds a stubborn, functional grace, with stone walls that seem to have absorbed the grey-blue hues of the Devon sky. Winter brings a particular stillness to the nearby Whitford Hole, where the water turns dark and glass-like under the overhanging boughs. Whitford remains defined by this quiet intersection of water and earth, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life far more than the ticking of a clock.
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Live animated radar for Whitford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitford, 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 Whitford includes coordinates 50.75669, -3.052499, 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 Whitford is available on the Whitford 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.