High Sports

Weather Webcams

Welcome to the weather section of the High Sports website. The detailed weather reports are gone for the time being, they will come back if people actually find them useful? In the mean time you can check the Met Office’s site direct here.

The images below are live Webcams which all update at different times of the day, some more often than others - refresh your browser to get the most recent image of the area. High Sports is not responsible for content appearing on these webcams (so whatever sheep / strange mountain people are doing on there - it’s nothing to do with us!).

Shrewsbury

Not only is Shrewsbury the home of High Sports, it is also near some of the best climbing, walking and fell running areas in the country. The webcam image above is from the Frankwell area of Shrewsbury, so if you’re thinking of coming down to the shop and it looks wet, bring an umbrella!

Ben Nevis and Glencoe

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom. It is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of Scotland, close to the coastal town of Fort William.

Known simply as “The Ben” to many walkers and climbers, it attracts an estimated 100,000 visitors a year, around three-quarters of whom use the well-constructed Pony Track from Glen Nevis on the south side of the mountain. For climbers and mountaineers the main attraction lies in the 700-metre-high cliffs of the north face: among the highest cliffs in Britain, they harbour some classic scrambles and rock climbs of all difficulties, and are one of the principal locations in the UK for ice climbing.

Scottish Winter Climbing Conditions

Scottish Winter Climbing Conditions

Snowdon (Bangor)

Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales and the highest British mountain south of the Scottish Highlands, is “probably the busiest mountain in Britain”. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri). The summit is known as Yr Wyddfaand lies at an altitude of 1,085 m (3,560 ft) above sea level. As the highest peak in Wales, Snowdon is one of three mountains climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge.

The many steep cliffs in the Snowdon range are significant in the history of British rock climbing. The first recorded climb in the area was the 1798 ascent of the Eastern Terrace of Clogwyn Du’r Arddu (Welsh: the black cliff of the dark(ness)) by the Reverends Peter Williams and W. Bingley, botanists looking for alpine plants. The north face of Y Lliwedd was explored in the late 19th century and in 1909 was the subject of the first British climbing guide, The climbs on Lliwedd by J. M. A. Thompson and A. W. Andrews. Edmund Hillary also trained here for his climb up Mount Everest.

The Lake District (Scafell Pike)

The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is one of fourteen National parks in the United Kingdom. It lies entirely within Cumbria, and is one of England’s few mountainous regions. All the land in England higher than three thousand feet above sea level lies within the park. There are also a lot of sheep.

Lake District Weather