Woodmanton holds the quiet gravity of East Devon, where the land tilts gently toward the distant salt-heavy air of the Exe. It lies 3.1 miles east-south-east of Topsham (from Topsham: bearing 114°T, OS grid SY 011 859), and is situated south of Woodbury village. High above the low-lying fields, the rugged silhouette of Black Hill marks the eastern horizon, catching the pale, thin light of winter afternoons. The soil here retains the damp memory of the nearby Exe Estuary, ensuring that the hedges remain a deep, insistent green throughout the year. Ancient bowl barrows rise from the earth at Four Firs like silent, grass-covered sentinels, reminding the traveller that this ground has supported human life for millennia. Woodmanton exists in the shadow of these prehistoric earthworks, a place where the modern world feels distant and secondary to the slow, geological rhythm of the landscape. Life here follows the turn of the seasons, dictated by the heavy clay of the fields and the sudden, sweeping winds that rush over the commons. Even now, the horizon retains an emptiness that feels vast and unyielding, indifferent to the small, scattered dwellings that define the character of Woodmanton.
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Live animated radar for Woodmanton and surroundings — RainViewer.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodmanton, 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 Woodmanton includes coordinates 50.66479, -3.400265, 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 Woodmanton is available on the Woodmanton 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.