Alderton, Shropshire Weather
About Alderton, Shropshire
Alderton remains a quiet pocket of the Shropshire landscape where the horizon is defined by the slow, deliberate work of seasonal agriculture. It lies 3.3 miles south-south-west of Wem (from Wem: bearing 198°T, OS grid SJ 496 238), and is situated north-north-east of Harmer Hill village. The terrain here holds a persistent, muted stillness, broken only by the low hum of distant mechanical harvesters or the sudden, sharp movement of a bird across the fields. To the east, the sandstone heights of Grinshill Hill rise with a quiet, geological authority, casting long, softening shadows over the surrounding pastures as the afternoon wanes. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Alderton, the land dips toward the sheltered greenery of The Glen, where the air feels cooler and heavier with the scent of damp earth and moss. The architecture remains functional and unpretentious, reflecting a long history of land management that prioritises utility over ornamentation. Small lanes wind through the periphery, connecting the scattered farmsteads with a rhythm dictated by the turning of the soil rather than the haste of modern transit. Alderton exists as a series of deliberate, honest spaces where the sky seems to occupy more of the world than the buildings themselves.
Flight conditions near Alderton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Alderton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Alderton, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alderton, Shropshire, 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 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 Alderton includes coordinates 52.809986, -2.748495, in the county of Shropshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Alderton is available on the Alderton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Shropshire 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.