Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Cheshire East · Region: North West
Explore Basford, Cheshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Basford map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Basford |
| Traditional County | Cheshire |
| Unitary Authority | Cheshire East |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.066278 |
| Longitude | -2.425735 |
| Place Type | Village |
Basford dreams under a vast Cheshire sky, a place where the land exhales a quiet grace. It lies 3.4 km south-south-east of Crewe (from Crewe: bearing 161°T, OS grid SJ 715 522), and is situated north of Hough village. The fields around Basford, a patchwork of muted greens and golds, seem to hold the echoes of ancient ploughs, their soil yielding a subtle scent of damp earth after a summer shower. A gentle rise in the land offers glimpses of distant, hazy horizons, a soft blur where sky meets a landscape etched with the patient work of generations. The very air here seems to carry a certain stillness, a profound quietude that allows one to hear the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a rook.
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Explore Basford, Cheshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.066278, -2.425735. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |