The Bog, Shropshire Weather
About The Bog, Shropshire
High above the Shropshire plains, the rugged horizon defines the solitary character of The Bog. It lies 6.0 miles north-north-east of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 19°T, OS grid SO 356 979), and is situated south of Stiperstones village. The Bog remains a place of stark elemental beauty, where the light shifts rapidly across the exposed ridges of the Stiperstones Landscape. Weathered stone remnants of The Bog Mine stand as silent sentinels to a period of intense industrial extraction that once disturbed this quiet earth. Visitors now gather at The Bog Visitor Centre to trace the traces of lead and barytes mining that dictated the rhythm of life here for generations. The surrounding terrain offers a wild, untamed quality, far removed from the manicured pastures of the lowlands. Ancient silence settles over the nearby slopes where the wind carries the scent of heather and dampened peat. Here, the sky holds a vast, heavy presence that seems to press down upon the remaining chimneys and cottages.
Flight conditions near The Bog. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for The Bog and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Bog, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Bog, 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 The Bog includes coordinates 52.575282, -2.950992, 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 The Bog is available on the The Bog 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.