Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Bourton, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bourton 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 Bourton, 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 | Bourton |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.563391 |
| Longitude | -2.599024 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bourton reveals itself through a quiet geometry of limestone and pasture, caught in the long, low shadows of the Shropshire hills. It lies 2.8 miles south-west of Much Wenlock (from Much Wenlock: bearing 218°T, OS grid SO 594 963), and is situated east-north-east of Easthope village. The land here rises and falls with a deliberate, muscular grace, defined by the proximity of the ancient, wooded slopes of Blakeway Coppice. To the south, the River Corve moves with a sluggish, silver persistence through the fields, carving a boundary that has shaped the rhythm of the local earth for centuries. The light in Bourton possesses a particular clarity, often catching the pale masonry of local buildings as the sun dips behind the ridge of the Wenlock Edge SSSI. Agriculture remains the quiet heartbeat of the landscape, where the heavy, clay-rich soil demands a steady, patient labour from those who work the furrows. Every stone wall and gatepost in Bourton seems to hold the weight of a long, unhurried history, indifferent to the hurried passage of the modern world beyond the parish lanes. Here, the horizon is not merely a line, but a vast, breathing presence that dictates the scale of human endeavour in this corner of the West Midlands.
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Explore Bourton, 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: 52.563391, -2.599024. 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. |