Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Besford Wood, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Besford Wood 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 | Besford Wood |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.828344 |
| Longitude | -2.682601 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Besford Wood, a quiet hamlet in Shropshire, echoes with the soft whisper of the West Midlands landscape. It lies 4.1 km south-east of Wem (from Wem: bearing 138°T, OS grid SJ 541 258), and is situated south-south-west of Lee Brockhurst village. The fields surrounding Besford Wood often hold a gentle, muted light, especially in the late afternoon, where the hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, trace the old boundaries of its agricultural past. A sense of enduring peace pervades this corner of England, where the land itself seems to breathe with a slow, steady rhythm. The lanes here are narrow, often bordered by ancient oaks, their branches reaching out like patient, gnarled hands.
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Explore Besford Wood, 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: 52.828344, -2.682601. 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. |