Traditional county: Shropshire · Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin · Region: West Midlands
Explore Blists Hill, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blists Hill 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.
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| Place | Blists Hill |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Unitary Authority | Telford and Wrekin |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.628810 |
| Longitude | -2.453579 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Blists Hill occupies a rugged corner of the Shropshire landscape where the earth still carries the heavy, soot-stained memory of its industrial toil. It lies 1.6 miles north-east of Broseley (from Broseley: bearing 49°T, OS grid SJ 693 035). The terrain here is defined by the steep descent into the Lee Dingle, a valley that catches the early morning mist as it clings to the verdant slopes. Visitors wandering through the open-air exhibits of Blists Hill Victorian Town encounter the quiet echoes of a bygone workforce, their presence felt in the brickwork and the cold iron remnants of the past. Dominating the skyline are the Blists Hill Iron Furnaces, which loom over the terrain as silent, jagged reminders of a time when the horizon glowed with the fires of production. The light here has a peculiar quality, catching the weathered edges of industrial masonry and turning the rusted metal to the colour of dried autumn leaves. Nearby, the remnants of history are not merely preserved but animate the landscape, grounding the modern day in the soot and sweat of the nineteenth century. Walking the paths between these landmarks, one feels the persistent, rhythmic hum of a geography that refuses to forget its own origins.
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Explore Blists Hill, 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: 52.628810, -2.453579. 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. |