Old Marton, Shropshire Weather
About Old Marton, Shropshire
Old Marton reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the low, open horizons of the Shropshire plains. It lies 3.3 miles west of Ellesmere (from Ellesmere: bearing 265°T, OS grid SJ 347 344), and is situated west-north-west of Perthy village. The land here holds the damp, persistent light of a maritime climate, casting long shadows across fields that have been tilled for generations. To the south-south-east, the rise of The Bryn breaks the flatness of the terrain, offering a modest vantage point over the surrounding patchwork of hedgerows. The soil in Old Marton feels ancient and heavy, supporting a slow, deliberate pace of life that ignores the clamour of more modern thoroughfares. Drainage ditches and small brooks vein the earth, feeding into the wider catchment of the River Perry which flows steadily to the south-south-west. A visitor might find that the wind carries a faint, sharp scent of distant pasture, particularly when the season turns toward harvest. Old Marton remains a place of singular, unadorned character, where the architecture of the farmsteads mirrors the functional, honest nature of the landscape.
Flight conditions near Old Marton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Old Marton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Old Marton, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Marton, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Old Marton includes coordinates 52.903352, -2.971915, 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 Old Marton is available on the Old Marton 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.