Edge remains a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the low, rolling contours of the Shropshire landscape. It lies 6.1 miles west-south-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 247°T, OS grid SJ 400 088), and is situated south of Yockleton village. The land here holds a light that seems to linger, catching the pale, weathered stone of older walls before retreating into the deep shadows of the hedgerows. A short distance to the north, the earth rises at the site of the Motte Castle, a silent witness to the centuries that have smoothed its sharp defensive edges into grassy slopes. The pastoral calm of Edge is underscored by the distant, rhythmic flow of the Pontesford Brook, which channels the runoff from the nearby hills through the fertile lowlands. To the south-east, the jagged, volcanic presence of Pontesford Hill commands the horizon, providing a dramatic contrast to the unassuming fields that surround the hamlet. Residents of Edge often look toward this high ground, where the air grows sharper and the seasonal changes track across the summit with visible intensity. This interplay of ancient earthworks and steady, modern agricultural life gives the landscape a persistent, unadorned gravity.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edge, 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 Edge includes coordinates 52.673901, -2.888753, 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 Edge is available on the Edge 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.