Annscroft emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a collection of quiet dwellings framed by the soft, grey light characteristic of the West Midlands. It lies 4.1 miles south-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 219°T, OS grid SJ 448 074), and is situated north-north-east of Longden village. The terrain here holds a persistent stillness, where the shadows of the past linger in the earth, marked by the ancient, grassy remains of the mediaeval moated farmstead that rests a little over a mile to the north. Beyond these remnants, the horizon is shaped by the gentle rise of Lyth Hill to the east, which catches the morning sun before it spills across the local fields. The air around Annscroft maintains a crisp clarity, unimpeded by the industry that once hummed in the nearby Welbatch Pit Mound. Residents here move through their days under an expansive sky, where the weather shifts with a subtle, rhythmic unpredictability. The land retains a certain gravity, anchoring the homes of Annscroft to a history that feels both distant and immediate. Every lane and hedgerow suggests a life lived in accordance with the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for Annscroft and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Annscroft, 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 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 Annscroft includes coordinates 52.661944, -2.816357, 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 Annscroft is available on the Annscroft 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.