Shropshire

Council pages

• Emergency planning Emergencies and major incidents (next.shropshire.gov.uk)
• Gritting and winter roads Where we grit (next.shropshire.gov.uk)
• Sandbags Sandbag policy (next.shropshire.gov.uk)
• Where rest centres or emergency help are announced Not found yet. Check the council website.

Power cuts

Network operators (not your supplier):

• National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands), about 77% of the land area
• SP Energy Networks (North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire), about 23% of the land area

Our log of the National Grid Electricity Distribution live fault feed (only the part served by National Grid Electricity Distribution) recorded 2 unplanned cuts here from 1 November 2026, 14:53 GMT to 1 November 2026, 16:36 GMT.

Ofgem’s figures for the whole licence areas, April 2024 to March 2025, counting cuts of 3 minutes or longer:

• West Midlands (National Grid Electricity Distribution): 46.3 interruptions per 100 customers and 34.2 minutes without power per customer (2023/24: 44.8 and 32.9)
• North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire (SP Energy Networks): 28.6 interruptions per 100 customers and 34.5 minutes without power per customer (2023/24: 31.6 and 33.4)

Great Britain as a whole: 39.7 and 35.1. These are area averages, not figures for Shropshire alone. About this dataset

Flooding

Environment Agency: 7 flood alert areas and 21 flood warning areas overlap Shropshire. Waters named: River Severn, River Vyrnwy, River Corve, River Teme, Rea Brook, River Tanat.

Warning areas include: Rea Brook in Shrewsbury; River Corve at Ludlow; River Onny tributaries at Craven Arms; River Severn at Bridgnorth; River Severn at Buildwas; River Severn at Coleham Head, Shrewsbury; River Severn at Fort Pendlestone and Severn Hall; River Severn at Frankwell, Shrewsbury; and 13 more.

Flood warnings we have logged for these areas: 0 since 1 November 2026, 14:53 GMT.

Where the nearest A&E departments are

The nearest type 1 (major) A&E departments to the centre of each of the largest built-up areas, by straight-line distance (as the crow flies, not by road):

• Shrewsbury: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (2.7 km); Princess Royal Hospital (16.3 km); Wrexham Maelor Hospital (41.0 km, Wales).
• Oswestry: Wrexham Maelor Hospital (21.3 km, Wales); Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (23.7 km).
• Market Drayton: Royal Stoke University Hospital (21.3 km); Princess Royal Hospital (21.7 km).

We have not found an open official list of urgent treatment centres and minor injury units for England, so they are not shown here. Find urgent and emergency care services (NHS website).

Never Caught Out is not affiliated with the NHS. For medical help that is not an emergency, contact NHS 111. About this dataset

Water supply

Water company for this area:

• Severn Trent Water · Check my area

Water resource zones covering Shropshire: Shelton (Severn Trent Water, about 33% of the area); SvT- Strategic Grid (Severn Trent Water, about 23% of the area); Bishops Castle (Severn Trent Water, about 12% of the area); Whitchurch and Wem (Severn Trent Water, about 8% of the area); Ruyton (Severn Trent Water, about 7% of the area); North Staffs (Severn Trent Water, about 7% of the area); Kinsall (Severn Trent Water, about 5% of the area); Wolverhampton (Severn Trent Water, about 3% of the area); Mardy (Severn Trent Water, about 2% of the area). What a water resource zone is

Phone and broadband coverage

Ofcom’s predictions of normal coverage in Shropshire, January 2026. They are not live outages and not a guarantee for any address.

• Homes and businesses with 4G indoors from all four networks: 79%; from none: 1.4%.
• Outside homes and businesses, 4G from all four networks: 97%; from none: less than 0.1%.
• Land area with outdoor 4G from all four networks: 92%; from none: 0.3%.
• Premises that can get gigabit-capable broadband: 75%.
• Premises that cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s down, 1 Mbit/s up) from a fixed line or fixed wireless: 522 (0.3%).

Check an address on Ofcom’s coverage checker · Phones when the network is down: how to reach 999 · Your right to request decent broadband (Ofcom) · About this dataset

Coast

No open-sea coastline.

Local radio

BBC Radio Shropshire

Weather warnings

UK-wide Met Office warnings in our log: 0 since 1 November 2026, 14:53 GMT.

Emergency planning partnership

West Mercia Local Resilience Forum: its community risk register lists the emergencies planned for here.

Census 2021: planning prompts

• Households with no car or van: 13.8%
• Residents aged 65 or over: 25.4%
• Households of one person aged 66 or over: 15.4%

Largest built-up areas

• Shrewsbury
  • River Severn at Frankwell, Shrewsbury
  • River Severn at the Showground and The Quarry, Shrewsbury
  • Rea Brook in Shrewsbury
  • River Severn at Coleham Head, Shrewsbury
  • River Severn at Shrewsbury
• Oswestry
• Market Drayton
• Bridgnorth
  • River Severn at Wellmeadow Estate, Bridgnorth
  • River Severn at Bridgnorth

Neighbouring councils

Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Herefordshire, County of, Malvern Hills, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Powys, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Telford and Wrekin, Wrexham, Wyre Forest

Useful wherever you live

• Power cut: call 105 free. What to do in a power cut · Priority Services Register · Compensation calculator
• Check flooding by postcode and sign up for free warnings (GOV.UK)
• What to do in a flood
• Current Met Office warnings · What the colours mean
• Your water bill names your water company, or find it by postcode (Water UK).
• A battery or wind-up radio keeps working in a power cut.
• Census prompts: who would fetch food or medicines for you or a neighbour on icy or flooded roads, and who would you check on in a power cut? Ask your pharmacist about repeat prescriptions before bad weather.

Publishing check

Before a local page is shown to search engines it has to pass every rule below on 14 nights in a row. Until then it stays online for anyone who follows a link, but search engines are asked not to list it. Last run: 1 November 2026, 16:38 GMT. Result: Not yet.

Fields we have filled: Council name and ONS code, Resilience forum, Electricity network operator, Power cuts logged, Flood alert and warning areas, Flood warnings logged, Met Office warnings logged, Water company, Council emergency planning page, Gritting or winter service page, Sandbag page, Census 2021 planning figures, Local BBC radio, Coastal, Neighbouring councils. Not filled yet: Strategic roads and closures, Where rest centres are announced, Local note.