Upper Battlefield, Shropshire Weather
About Upper Battlefield, Shropshire
Upper Battlefield commands a quiet corner of the Shropshire landscape, where the horizon broadens under the influence of an expansive and watchful sky. It lies 3.6 miles north-north-east of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 26°T, OS grid SJ 517 177), and is situated west-south-west of Upper Astley village. The earth here retains a peculiar gravity, marked by the proximity of the Battle of Shrewsbury 1403, where the soil still holds the memory of a momentous clash between king and rebel. A short distance away, the College of St Mary Magdalene at Battlefield remains a stoic sentinel of red sandstone, its weathered masonry catching the low, pale light of late afternoon. Walking the lanes near Upper Battlefield, one notices how the hedgerows frame the fields with a deliberate, almost architectural precision. The nearby Battlefield Farm adds a domestic utility to the surrounding acreage, grounding the more ethereal echoes of the past in the steady, recurring cycles of agricultural life. These remnants of antiquity do not merely exist as curiosities, but rather define the very texture of the air, lending a profound silence to the modern transit of the nearby roads. Upper Battlefield persists as a place where the present is constantly observed by the long, shadow-strewn reach of history.
Flight conditions near Upper Battlefield. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Upper Battlefield and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Battlefield, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Battlefield, 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 Upper Battlefield includes coordinates 52.755044, -2.716008, 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 Upper Battlefield is available on the Upper Battlefield 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.