The Down, Shropshire Weather
About The Down, Shropshire
The Down reveals itself as a quiet assembly of dwellings scattered across the rolling Shropshire landscape. It lies 2.9 miles south-west of Bridgnorth (from Bridgnorth: bearing 227°T, OS grid SO 682 900), and is situated east of Chetton village. Low sunlight often catches the stone walls here, casting long, deliberate shadows that stretch toward the distant rises of The Hill. These fields hold a stillness that seems to gather the very essence of the surrounding countryside, undisturbed by the hurried pace of distant industry. A short distance to the west, the verdant basin of Spring Dingle catches the morning mist, drawing moisture from the earth to feed the deep, tangled greenery. The Down remains a place where the seasons dictate the rhythm of life, marked by the slow turn of the plough and the changing hues of the hedgerows. Such open vistas allow the sky to dominate the horizon, creating a vast, shifting canvas above the humble rooftops. Life in The Down follows the quiet persistence of the land, honouring a pace that has long defined this corner of the West Midlands.
Flight conditions near The Down. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for The Down and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Down, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Down, 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 The Down includes coordinates 52.507679, -2.469937, 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 Down is available on the The Down 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.