Gretton, Shropshire Weather
About Gretton, Shropshire
Gretton emerges from the quiet Shropshire folds as a cluster of stone and timber that seems to hold the morning light in its rough-hewn walls. It lies 3.9 miles east-north-east of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 75°T, OS grid SO 514 952), and is situated east of Cardington village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace, pulling the eye toward the distant, rugged silhouette of Hill End which marks the horizon like a jagged tooth. Below the dwellings, the earth retains the faint, ghostly signatures of a moated site and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, telling of hands that laboured long ago to wring order from the stubborn clay. A profound stillness settles over these fields, broken only by the sharp, sudden call of a bird or the shifting of shadows across the pasture. The geology of the ground is ancient and complex, a stark contrast to the fleeting nature of the seasons that wash over Gretton each year. One might walk the perimeter of the historic earthworks and feel the pulse of the terrain, where the heavy, damp air carries the scent of turned soil and distant, rain-washed stone. Time here does not hurry, but rather accumulates in the layers of sediment and the quiet endurance of the surrounding hills.
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About This Gretton, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gretton, 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 Gretton includes coordinates 52.552624, -2.718061, 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 Gretton is available on the Gretton 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.