Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Cheshire East · Region: North West
Explore Higher Poynton, Cheshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Poynton 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 | Higher Poynton |
| Traditional County | Cheshire |
| Unitary Authority | Cheshire East |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.350068 |
| Longitude | -2.085993 |
| Place Type | Village |
Higher Poynton exhales a quiet breath, its lanes winding with an ancient patience. It lies 2.4 km east of Poynton (from Poynton: bearing 88°T, OS grid SJ 943 836), and is situated south of Middlewood village. The air here, particularly after a soft rain, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, green hum of farmland, a subtle perfume that clings to the weathered brick of its older cottages. Sunlight, when it breaks through the Cheshire clouds, has a way of pooling in unexpected places, illuminating the moss on old stone walls with a fleeting, golden grace. Though the echoes of its agricultural past are still discernible in the surrounding fields, a gentle modernity has settled over Higher Poynton, a comfortable hum rather than a clamour. The village green, a patch of well-trodden turf, seems to absorb the whispers of generations, a quiet stage for the everyday dramas of its inhabitants.
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Explore Higher Poynton, 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: 53.350068, -2.085993. 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. |