Hoptonbank, Shropshire Weather
About Hoptonbank, Shropshire
Hoptonbank occupies a quiet, elevated ridge where the Shropshire landscape begins to harden into the rugged character of the Clee Hills. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Cleobury Mortimer (from Cleobury Mortimer: bearing 291°T, OS grid SO 625 775), and is situated north-west of Hopton Wafers village. Heavy, damp air often clings to the slopes here, fed by the persistent, cold currents of Welling’s Brook which cuts through the lower pastures to the north-east. The ground bears the scars of a harder age, particularly to the west-north-west where the abandoned coal mining remains and brick works on Catherton Common break the surface like jagged, rusted teeth. These relics serve as a stark reminder of the men who once coaxed warmth from the stubborn earth, leaving behind a scarred terrain that the heather and gorse now reclaim with a slow, indifferent patience. Above the broken brickwork, the horizon is anchored by the steady, rounded presence of Silvington Hill, which stands as a silent witness to the changing light of the seasons. Hoptonbank remains a place of sharp contours and sudden winds, where the sky feels closer and more demanding than it does in the sheltered valleys below. Each evening, the shadows stretch long and thin across the fields, lending the entire geography a sense of profound, stripped-back clarity.
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Live animated radar for Hoptonbank and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Hoptonbank, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hoptonbank, 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 Hoptonbank includes coordinates 52.394561, -2.552235, 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 Hoptonbank is available on the Hoptonbank 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.