Horton, Shropshire Weather
About Horton, Shropshire
Horton breathes with the quiet patience of the Shropshire plains, where the low sun stretches long shadows across the heavy, fertile clay. It lies 1.5 miles west-north-west of Wem (from Wem: bearing 292°T, OS grid SJ 490 298), and is situated east-north-east of Loppington village. The fields surrounding Horton possess a singular, muted vibrancy, often mirroring the rich, ancient stillness found at the nearby Northwood Hall double moated site. A traveler might observe how the light catches the hedgerows here, turning the damp morning mist into a veil of silver before the day fully wakes. Beyond the immediate pastures, the terrain remains largely devoted to the steady, rhythmic labour of agriculture, maintaining a distance from the bustling pace of larger hubs. To the south-east, the landscape dips toward the water-meadows, where the damp earth feels as though it remembers the centuries of cultivation that have shaped these boundaries. One might occasionally hear the distant, sharp cry of birds from the falconry nearby, a reminder of the wilder currents that drift over the managed farmland. Horton retains its composure in this expanse, indifferent to the fashions of the wider world, content to remain a minor, enduring character in the geography of the county.
Flight conditions near Horton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Horton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Horton, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horton, 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 Horton includes coordinates 52.86388, -2.758127, 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 Horton is available on the Horton 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.