Pontesford, Shropshire Weather
About Pontesford, Shropshire
Pontesford rises from the Shropshire landscape as a collection of stone and timber that seems to hold the morning light with peculiar clarity. It lies 6.3 miles south-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 232°T, OS grid SJ 409 064), and is situated east-north-east of Pontesbury village. The water of Pontesford Brook moves with a persistent, low-frequency hum, carving its path through the land with a cold and steady indifference. Beyond the immediate gardens, the terrain tilts sharply upward toward the volcanic crags of Pontesford Hill, where the air grows thin and the wind tastes of heather. Traces of industrial ambition linger at the Nag’s Head Engine House, a skeletal brick reminder of the days when coal and iron dictated the pace of local life. These structures stand against a backdrop of ancient earthworks, where the ramparts of a small multivallate hillfort remain etched into the skyline as silent, grass-covered ribs. Pontesford maintains a quiet dignity, refusing to trade its rugged, agricultural bones for the softer aesthetic of a commuter outpost. The shadows here are long and sharp, cast by the steep slopes that shield the houses from the wider, flatter reaches of the county.
Flight conditions near Pontesford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Pontesford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Pontesford, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pontesford, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Pontesford includes coordinates 52.652303, -2.873606, 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 Pontesford is available on the Pontesford 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.