Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: Welwyn Hatfield · Region: Eastern
Explore Birchwood, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birchwood 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birchwood, Hertfordshire, 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Hertfordshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Birchwood and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Birchwood |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.769301 |
| Longitude | -0.222172 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Birchwood occupies a quiet corner of the Welwyn Hatfield landscape, defined by its residential character and proximity to the remnants of a grander, more industrial past. The morning light here often catches the brickwork of modest homes, casting long, sharp shadows that stretch across the tarmac of suburban streets. Residents frequently walk south toward the Coronation Gardens, where the manicured lawns offer a structured respite from the bustle of the nearby arterial roads. To the north, the landscape begins to soften, shifting into the verdant, marshy margins of the Stanborough Reedmarsh. Here, the air holds a persistent, damp coolness, even when the sun hangs heavy and gold above the rooftops. Birchwood remains a place of transition, caught between the rigid geometry of its twentieth-century planning and the encroaching, unkempt wildness of the surrounding Hertfordshire basin. The hum of modern life provides a constant, low-frequency vibration that seems to settle into the very foundations of the houses. Each evening, the cooling brick retains a faint memory of the day’s warmth, marking the slow, predictable turn of the seasons in this unremarkable yet persistent corner of the world.
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Explore Birchwood, Hertfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.769301, -0.222172. 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 | August 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. |