Woodacott Cross marks a quiet convergence of lanes where the damp, clay-heavy earth of Devon holds the imprint of passing seasons. It lies 3.7 miles north-east of Holsworthy (from Holsworthy: bearing 46°T, OS grid SS 386 078), and is situated east of Holsworthy Beacon village. The air here carries a thin, sharp clarity, often cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the rise of Holsworthy Beacon to the west. Fields stretch outward in irregular, hedge-lined patches, their boundaries dictated by the ancient, persistent memory of agricultural enclosure. Within a mile of the hamlet, the Brendon Farm SSSI preserves a fragment of unimproved grassland where the flora thrives in relative seclusion from the encroaching intensity of modern farming. Woodacott Cross serves as a small, steady pivot point for the surrounding farms, defined more by the movement of heavy machinery than the bustle of pedestrians. Light catches the wet tarmac after a rain shower, turning the road surface into a mirror that reflects the low, grey-bellied clouds common to this part of the Torridge district. Life in Woodacott Cross remains tethered to the slow, cyclical demands of the soil, indifferent to the hurried pace of the wider world.
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Live animated radar for Woodacott Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodacott Cross, 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 Woodacott Cross includes coordinates 50.847373, -4.293031, 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 Woodacott Cross is available on the Woodacott Cross 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.