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Malpas Cheshire Map

Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester · Region: North West

Explore Malpas, Cheshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Malpas 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Malpas, Cheshire

How to Use This Malpas, Cheshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Malpas, Cheshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Cheshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Malpas and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Malpas.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceMalpas
Traditional CountyCheshire
Unitary AuthorityCheshire West and Chester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.021089
Longitude-2.766353
Place TypeVillage

About Malpas

Red-brick chimneys and sandstone gables rise above the Cheshire ridge, marking the enduring presence of Malpas. It lies 4.9 miles north-west of Whitchurch (from Whitchurch: bearing 316°T, OS grid SJ 486 473), and is situated south-south-west of Hampton Heath village. Visitors often pause at the weathered stone of the Malpas Cross at the town centre junction of Church Street and Oldhall Street, where the sharp, grey light of the north-west catches the intricate carvings of a time long eclipsed. A short walk away, the earthworks of Castle Hill Motte offer a quiet vantage point over the patchwork of fields that once fed the medieval lords of the manor. The landscape here possesses a peculiar stillness, as if the land itself holds its breath beneath the heavy, shifting clouds typical of the region. From the elevation of the Best View in Malpas, one can trace the horizon where the solid, agricultural reality of the Cheshire plain meets the pale sky. Malpas maintains a deliberate pace, defined more by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of local markets than by the frantic pulse of the modern world. Every stone and boundary in Malpas seems to absorb the silence of the centuries, keeping its own counsel amidst the open, rolling expanse of the countryside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Castle Hill Motte, Malpas (Scheduled Monument) — 0.1 mi, 168° SSE
  • Malpas Cross At Town Centre Junction Of Church Street And Oldhall Street (Scheduled Monument) — 0.1 mi, 136° SE
  • Malpas Castle Hill (Castle) — 0.1 mi, 206° SSW
  • Best View in Malpas (Viewpoint) — 0.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Oat Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 008° N
  • Malpas Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 011° NNE
  • Cross o' th' Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 062° ENE
  • Medieval And Post-Medieval Settlement Remains And Associated Field System Immediately East Of Overton Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 304° NW · 13 ha
  • Taylor'S Rough & Wellmeadow Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 163° SSE · 6 ha
  • Stockton Dingle (Valley) — 1.5 mi, 190° S
  • Mill Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 264° W
  • Celia Fiennes Monument (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 082° E
  • Barhill Fall (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 092° E
  • Well Rough And Long Plantation Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 222° SW · 9 ha
  • Greaves Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.7 mi, 227° SW
  • Iscoyd Brook (River) — 2.9 mi, 171° S
  • Bickley Brook (River) — 3.0 mi, 038° NE
  • Larkton Hill Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 010° N
  • Mediaeval Sandstone Cross (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 296° WNW
  • BeWILDerwood (Theme Park) — 3.8 mi, 069° ENE
  • Moss Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.9 mi, 064° ENE
  • Stretton Water Mill (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 330° NNW
  • Cholmondeley Castle (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.4 mi, 055° NE · 251 ha
  • Jubilee Park (Park) — 4.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Whitchurch Heritage Centre (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 136° SE
  • Bolesworth Castle (Castle) — 5.4 mi, 005° N
  • 106:RW (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 026° NNE
  • Holt Castle Ruins (Castle) — 6.1 mi, 310° NW
  • Church Green (Park) — 6.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Coronation Meadow (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 312° NW

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About This Malpas Map Page

Explore Malpas, 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: 53.021089, -2.766353. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.