Dawley, Shropshire Weather
About Dawley, Shropshire
Dawley retains the rugged, iron-wrought character of the East Shropshire Coalfield, where the earth still remembers the deep labour of its industrial adolescence. It lies 1.3 miles south-west of Telford (from Telford: bearing 219°T, OS grid SJ 684 071). Morning light often catches the high, sloping ridge of Heath Hill to the north, casting long shadows over the brickwork and Victorian terraces that define the streetscape. The terrain here rises and falls with the abruptness of a landscape scarred by past mining, yet it finds a quiet equilibrium in the pockets of water that gather in the vicinity. To the west, the still surface of Horsehay Pool mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a tranquil counterpoint to the busy, utilitarian rhythm of the local roads. Dawley serves as a robust anchor in this undulating district, its identity forged in the heat of foundries that have long since cooled into residential memory. Residents pass through the centre where the architecture remains stubbornly functional, favouring red brick and slate over the ornamental fripperies of more affluent districts. This environment demands a certain resilience, a grounded quality reflected in the people who navigate its steep, winding paths every day.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dawley, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dawley, 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 Dawley includes coordinates 52.660992, -2.467825, 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 Dawley is available on the Dawley 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.