Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Birtley, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birtley 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 Birtley, 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.
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 Shropshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Birtley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Birtley |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.511864 |
| Longitude | -2.776233 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Birtley reveals itself as a quiet cluster of stone and timber, caught in the slow, deliberate turn of the Shropshire landscape. It lies 2.2 miles south-east of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 143°T, OS grid SO 474 907), and is situated south of Hope Bowdler village. The sun catches the rise of the Chelmick Valley to the north, where the shadows lengthen early over fields that have long felt the patient tread of grazing livestock. Birtley sits with a grounded modesty, defined more by the heavy, iron-rich earth of the nearby Soudley Quarry Sssi than by grand architecture or bustling thoroughfares. Winter light here has a peculiar, translucent quality, turning the bare hedgerows into intricate charcoal sketches against a pale, bruised sky. Further west, the slopes of Ragleth Hill loom with a stoic presence, watching over the patchwork of lanes that connect these scattered homesteads. Life in Birtley follows the turn of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, maintaining a solitude that feels entirely earned. Each lane offers a narrow, winding perspective on a county that prefers to keep its secrets tucked behind high, hawthorn-filled banks.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Birtley, 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: 52.511864, -2.776233. 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. |