Longford, Shropshire Weather
About Longford, Shropshire
Longford holds a quiet dignity within the Shropshire landscape, defined by its modest scale and the stillness of the surrounding pastureland. It lies 1.9 miles west of Market Drayton (from Market Drayton: bearing 265°T, OS grid SJ 645 339), and is situated north-north-east of Ternhill village. The local terrain draws its character from the gentle drainage of the land toward Sych Brook, which marks the eastern boundary with a persistent, low murmur. Longford remains anchored to the rhythms of agriculture, where the light shifts across open fields with a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every hedgerow. To the south-east, the earth rises slightly, providing a historical vantage point near the earthworks of the Ringwork and Bailey Castle, where the memory of older, fortified life persists in the soil. The atmosphere remains undisturbed by the haste of modern transit, favouring instead the slow progress of the seasons across the plains. Longford maintains a singular connection to the earth, grounded by the steady patience of those who work the fields beneath a vast, unencumbered sky.
Flight conditions near Longford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Longford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Longford, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longford, 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 Longford includes coordinates 52.901498, -2.528051, 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 Longford is available on the Longford 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.