The Coalpits occupies a quiet corner of the Shropshire landscape where the earth remembers the heavy industry of a vanished age. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-west of Much Wenlock (from Much Wenlock: bearing 332°T, OS grid SJ 587 065), and is situated west of Eaton Constantine village. Heavy, damp air often clings to the soil here, as if the land itself were still exhaling the soot and heat of the old furnaces. To the north-north-east, the slopes of Charlton Hill rise like a weathered shoulder against the bruised, grey sky of the West Midlands. A short distance to the west-south-west, the still surface of Snow Pool reflects the passing clouds with an unnerving, mirror-like clarity. The Coalpits remains marked by these topographical shifts, where the remnants of subterranean toil have been softened by decades of persistent rain and encroaching grass. The horizon remains dominated by the long shadow of history, yet the immediate surroundings offer a stark, honest silence that feels entirely detached from the modern world.
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Live animated radar for The Coalpits and surroundings — RainViewer.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Coalpits, 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 Coalpits includes coordinates 52.655312, -2.611515, 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 Coalpits is available on the The Coalpits 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.