Coalport, Shropshire Weather
About Coalport, Shropshire
Coalport marks a distinctive bend in the River Severn, where the water flows with a deliberate, heavy stillness against the steep, wooded banks of Shropshire. It lies 1.5 miles east-north-east of Broseley (from Broseley: bearing 78°T, OS grid SJ 698 023). The industrial ghosts of the eighteenth century linger here, particularly where the Coalport Inclined Plane once hauled tub-boats up the hillside to connect the upper canal to the river below. Sunlight catches the ironwork of the Coalport Bridge, a structure that spans the gorge with a quiet, rigid elegance that seems to defy the slow erosion of the valley. Beyond the river, the landscape carries the faint, lingering scent of damp earth and old minerals, a reminder of the subterranean excavations that once defined the local economy. Visitors often wander toward the Coalport China Museum, where the delicate, translucent remains of a once-thriving porcelain industry rest under high ceilings. The architecture of Coalport retains a stubborn, functional beauty, reflecting a time when the river served as a vital artery for the transport of coal and ceramics. Even now, the silence of the gorge feels heavy with the memory of the clatter and smoke that formerly occupied these slopes.
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Live animated radar for Coalport and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Coalport, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coalport, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Coalport includes coordinates 52.61765, -2.447304, 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 Coalport is available on the Coalport 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.