Cold Hatton Heath reveals itself through a low-slung horizon where the Shropshire sky presses down with a vast, pearlescent weight upon the damp, dark earth. It lies 6.9 miles west of Newport (from Newport: bearing 280°T, OS grid SJ 635 209), and is situated west-south-west of Great Bolas village. Fields of stiff, winter-hardened clay define the perimeter of Cold Hatton Heath, holding the memory of ancient glacial retreats in their heavy, stubborn soil. To the north-north-east, the Potford Brook traces a silver, serpentine line through the flat pastures, its currents muffled by the thick, encroaching reeds. The light here has a peculiar, metallic clarity that renders the silhouette of distant Shray Hill as sharp as a blade against the bruised clouds of late afternoon. Sturdy farmsteads stand as solitary sentinels across the expanse, their red-brick chimneys exhaling thin ribbons of grey smoke that drift aimlessly into the stillness. This landscape remains indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world, preferring the slow, rhythmic rotation of the seasons over the clamour of industry. One senses that the ground beneath Cold Hatton Heath keeps its own counsel, shifting imperceptibly as the groundwater rises to meet the persistent, soaking rain.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cold Hatton Heath, 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 Cold Hatton Heath includes coordinates 52.785283, -2.541781, 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 Cold Hatton Heath is available on the Cold Hatton Heath 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.