Shirl Heath, Herefordshire Weather
About Shirl Heath, Herefordshire
Shirl Heath occupies a quiet corner of the Herefordshire landscape where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered across the fields. It lies 3.6 miles west of Leominster (from Leominster: bearing 281°T, OS grid SO 438 602), and is situated west of Cobnash village. Broad pastures define the character of Shirl Heath, their heavy clay soils yielding to the persistent dampness that characterizes this reach of the West Midlands. To the northeast, the earth rises in ancient, subtle humps where Kingsland Castle once commanded the view, its vanished stone ramparts now reclaimed by meadow grass and grazing livestock. The air here holds a particular clarity, often sharpened by the moisture drifting in from the low-lying basin of Shobdon Marsh, which dampens the sound of distant farm machinery. Hedgerows of hawthorn and blackthorn delineate the shifting patterns of ownership, their tangled branches bracing against the prevailing winds that sweep across the plain. Sunlight hits these fields with a stark, uncompromising intensity, illuminating the irregular topography that marks the transition toward the Welsh border. Residents here observe the changing seasons through the slow, rhythmic turning of the soil, maintaining a life that remains tethered to the patient cycles of the land.
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About This Shirl Heath, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shirl Heath, Herefordshire, 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. 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 Shirl Heath includes coordinates 52.237188, -2.823255, in the county of Herefordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Shirl Heath is available on the Shirl Heath map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Herefordshire 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.