Gravels, Shropshire Weather
About Gravels, Shropshire
Gravels occupies a quiet corner of Shropshire where the earth keeps the memory of its industrial past in the veins of the hills. It lies 7.1 miles north of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 5°T, OS grid SJ 334 002), and is situated south of Bentlawnt village. The landscape here is defined by the remnants of lead mining, most notably the Roman Gravels Lead Mine, which leaves a skeletal, haunting imprint upon the local topography. Minsterley Brook cuts through the lower ground, its waters moving with a persistent, cold clarity that reflects the grey Shropshire sky. Above the damp lowlands, the slopes of Nick Knolls rise to catch the pale, shifting light of the afternoon, offering a stark contrast to the sheltered hollows. These heights provide a vantage point over the rugged terrain, where the silence is broken only by the wind moving through the coarse upland grasses. Gravels remains a place of subtle textures, where the heavy legacy of subterranean extraction meets the enduring, soft green of the valley floor.
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About This Gravels, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gravels, 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 Gravels includes coordinates 52.595586, -2.983483, 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 Gravels is available on the Gravels 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.