Traditional county: Herefordshire · Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Much Birch, Herefordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Much Birch 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 | Much Birch |
| Traditional County | Herefordshire |
| Unitary Authority | County of Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.973550 |
| Longitude | -2.726495 |
| Place Type | Village |
Much Birch rests in the gentle embrace of the Herefordshire countryside, a place where the land seems to breathe with a quiet, verdant spirit. It lies 9.2 km south of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 184°T, OS grid SO 501 308), and is situated east-north-east of Wormelow Tump village. The very air in Much Birch seems to hold a faint, sweet scent of damp earth and ripening apples, a testament to the surrounding orchards that paint the landscape in swathes of blossom and fruit throughout the year. The old church, St. Michael and All Angels, stands as a quiet sentinel, its stone weathered by countless seasons, its windows catching the soft, diffused light that often bathes the west country. Here, the fields roll with a subtle grace, their contours suggesting a long and unbroken connection between the people and the soil that sustains them. The passing of time in Much Birch feels less like a hurried rush and more like the slow, deliberate turning of the earth itself.
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Explore Much Birch, Herefordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.973550, -2.726495. 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. |