Ploxgreen, Shropshire Weather
About Ploxgreen, Shropshire
Ploxgreen emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the rugged, lingering memory of industrial endeavour. It lies 8.2 miles north-west of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 319°T, OS grid SJ 366 036), and is situated north-north-west of Snailbeach village. The air here carries a thin, metallic clarity, a vestige of the mineral wealth that once defined the surrounding hills. To the south-east, the remains of the Snailbeach New Smeltmill stand as a stoic reminder of the labour that hollowed out these slopes long ago. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the high, brooding silhouette of Resting Hill commands the horizon, casting long, contemplative shadows over the fields as the sun dips low. Ploxgreen maintains a stoic independence, its lanes winding through topography that has been shaped as much by the pickaxe as by the slow passage of rain and wind. The nearby Snailbeach Lead Mine serves as a silent monument to the subterranean ambition that once thrived in this corner of the West Midlands. Here, the earth feels heavy with its own history, yet the sky remains wide and indifferent to the relics of industry left below.
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About This Ploxgreen, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ploxgreen, 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 Ploxgreen includes coordinates 52.627152, -2.937874, 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 Ploxgreen is available on the Ploxgreen 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.