Whitcot, Shropshire Weather
About Whitcot, Shropshire
Whitcot remains a quiet cluster of dwellings where the Shropshire landscape softens into a series of rhythmic, green-backed ridges. It lies 3.8 miles east-north-east of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 63°T, OS grid SO 379 915), and is situated south-south-west of Wentnor village. The light here often gathers in long, slanted pools across the fields, illuminating the ancient, uneven earthworks of the Hardwick Castle Motte and Bailey that rise silently just to the south-west. Below these remnants of feudal ambition, the land drains toward the modest, winding course of Criftin Brook, which marks the southern boundary of the local topography. Whitcot draws its character from the surrounding folds of the Shropshire Hills, an expanse of designated natural beauty that defines the horizon with an uncompromising, weathered grandeur. Farmers here have long worked the heavy, stubborn soil, maintaining a tradition of husbandry that respects the seasonal shifts of the valley floor. The air possesses a crystalline clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the uplands and the absence of urban clamour. Time in Whitcot moves with the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, mirroring the patient endurance of the hills themselves.
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About This Whitcot, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitcot, 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 Whitcot includes coordinates 52.51819, -2.916231, 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 Whitcot is available on the Whitcot 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.