Sleap, Shropshire Weather
About Sleap, Shropshire
Sleap maintains a quiet, unassuming presence amidst the flat, expansive agricultural fields of North Shropshire. It lies 2.4 miles south-west of Wem (from Wem: bearing 216°T, OS grid SJ 491 258), and is situated west-north-west of Clive village. The horizon here is dominated by the vast, open skies that seem to press down upon the earth, lending a sense of immense scale to the low-lying pastures. A short distance to the north, Sleap Brook carves a modest, winding path through the heavy clay, its waters reflecting the shifting greys and blues of the weather-worn canopy above. The landscape holds a lingering memory of the Second World War, as the nearby Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum preserves the mechanical ghosts of an era when the local airfields dictated the rhythm of daily life. Today, the stillness is broken only by the low murmur of wind moving across the hedgerows or the distant, rhythmic hum of farming machinery. Sleap remains defined by this intersection of reclaimed history and the enduring, utilitarian beauty of working land.
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Live animated radar for Sleap and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sleap, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sleap, 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 Sleap includes coordinates 52.82794, -2.75667, 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 Sleap is available on the Sleap 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.