Preston Montford
Opened as a field studies centre in 1957, Preston Montford is visited by students of biology and geography, and by school groups. Specialist interest groups regularly visit the centre. The Open University ran its 1-week undergraduate residential course SXR216 Environmental science in the field at the centre from 2003-2011. It has developed partnerships with Manchester Metropolitan University and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland to tackle the decline in skills of field taxonomy through the MSc in 'Biological Recording and Ecological Surveying'.
Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912), later known as the pioneer of lawn tennis, grew up at Preston Montford while his father Clopton Lewis Wingfield (died 1846) lived there.
Climate
Climate data for Preston Montford (1991–2020 averages) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.9 (35.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.5 (2.26) |
44.8 (1.76) |
44.6 (1.76) |
45.4 (1.79) |
55.0 (2.17) |
59.6 (2.35) |
59.2 (2.33) |
59.1 (2.33) |
58.0 (2.28) |
69.6 (2.74) |
63.0 (2.48) |
69.3 (2.73) |
685.0 (26.97) |
Average precipitation days | 12.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 127.9 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46.2 | 71.9 | 107.4 | 151.1 | 182.1 | 169.7 | 181.7 | 161.1 | 124.6 | 93.1 | 54.2 | 39.2 | 1,382.2 |
See also
External links
Media related to Preston Montford Field Centre at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ Historic England. "Preston Montford Hall (Grade II*) (1295620)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "SXR216 Environmental science in the field". www.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Williams, Gareth (2021). The Country Houses of Shropshire. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. p. 541. ISBN 978-1-78327-539-7.