Woodland emerges from the folds of the Devonshire countryside as a quiet cluster of stone and slate, holding its own against the slow passage of the seasons. It lies 2.3 miles east-south-east of Ashburton (from Ashburton: bearing 104°T, OS grid SX 792 689), and is situated north-north-west of Broadhempston village. The landscape around Woodland rolls with a patient, heavy grace, where the slopes of Knowle Hill rise to catch the pale, persistent light of the afternoon. Below these heights, the River Hems carves a patient course through the earth, its waters running clear and cold through the deep-cut channels of the valley. Ancient stone walls define the edges of the small, irregular fields, marking a boundary between the wilder growth of the hedges and the managed life of the farmsteads. To the east, the earth holds the secrets of Denbury Camp, a silent witness to a time long before the current lanes were etched into the soil. Woodland maintains a composure that defies the haste of the modern world, preferring the steady, rhythmic pulse of rural life. Here, the air carries a crisp, lingering freshness that seems to rise directly from the damp, fertile ground.
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Live animated radar for Woodland and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodland, 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 Woodland includes coordinates 50.507506, -3.704843, 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 Woodland is available on the Woodland 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.