Highley, Shropshire Weather
About Highley, Shropshire
Highley stretches along the western bank of the River Severn, where the land rises in stubborn, layered ridges of sandstone and coal. It lies 5.8 miles north-north-west of Bewdley (from Bewdley: bearing 331°T, OS grid SO 741 834), and is situated north-north-east of Netherton village. Below the modern houses, the deep, dark legacy of the local collieries lingers in the iron-red soil and the quiet, industrial ghosts of the valley. A heavy, rotating Miner’s Wheel stands as a silent sentinel, marking the earth where coal once dictated the pulse of the morning shift. To the south, the crumbling masonry of the Kinlet Mines Engine House offers a brittle silhouette against the sky, showing how nature slowly reclaims the heavy scars of human labour. Highley remains defined by this transition from the soot of the pit head to the green, rushing expanse of the Severn Valley. The light here often catches the river in a silver flash, illuminating the steep, wooded banks that hold the secrets of centuries of excavation. This landscape carries a rugged, hardworking gravity, far removed from the manicured lawns of more sheltered shires.
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Live animated radar for Highley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Highley, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highley, 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 Highley includes coordinates 52.448706, -2.382188, 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 Highley is available on the Highley 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.