Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Astley, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Astley 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 Astley, Shropshire, 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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| Place | Astley |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.763687 |
| Longitude | -2.698677 |
| Place Type | Village |
Astley maintains a quiet, enduring presence amidst the low-slung pastures of Shropshire. It lies 4.5 miles north-north-east of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 31°T, OS grid SJ 529 186), and is situated north-north-west of Upper Astley village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate flatness, where the morning light catches the damp earth with a silver clarity that makes the horizon seem infinite. Just over a mile to the northeast, the dense, untamed thickets of Shawbury Heath break the monotony of the fields, offering a sanctuary of gorse and silver birch. Farmers have worked this soil for generations, their progress marked by the shadow of the centuries-old moated site near St Mary Magdalene’s Church, where the earth still bears the faint, rhythmic indentations of medieval ploughing. Astley draws its character from this proximity to the ancient past, where the quietude is broken only by the sharp, distant call of a buzzard or the rhythmic clatter of agricultural machinery. These fields, though modern in their yield, hold the weight of a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the nearby county town. The air carries the scent of turned soil and distant rain, grounding the senses in a geography that demands little but offers a profound, steady peace.
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Explore Astley, Shropshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.763687, -2.698677. 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. |