Lea Cross, Shropshire Weather
About Lea Cross, Shropshire
Lea Cross commands a quiet authority over the Shropshire landscape, where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened by the clamour of modern ambition. It lies 5.1 miles west-south-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 238°T, OS grid SJ 420 082), and is situated north-north-west of Plealey village. The earth here holds a deep, heavy fertility, supporting fields that catch the late afternoon sun in shades of muted gold and bruised copper. Beneath the surface of the surrounding pastures, the archaeological remains of a Roman Villa 150 yards south-east of Lea Hall remind the observer that this soil has long invited human industry. To the south, the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Pontesford Brook carves a steady path through the lowlands, providing a cool contrast to the warmth of the sun-baked lanes. Lea Cross maintains a modest, utilitarian dignity, its character defined less by grand architecture than by the honest geometry of its agricultural boundaries. The light in this corner of the West Midlands possesses a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the hedgerows and revealing the subtle, undulating contours of the terrain. Even the distant, rugged silhouette of the Earl's Hill & Habberley Valley SSSI serves to frame the horizon, grounding the existence of Lea Cross in a geography that has remained largely indifferent to the passing of centuries.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lea Cross, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lea Cross, 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 Lea Cross includes coordinates 52.668929, -2.858307, 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 Lea Cross is available on the Lea Cross 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.