Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Cardeston, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cardeston 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 Cardeston, 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 | Cardeston |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.705628 |
| Longitude | -2.896872 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cardeston emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient rhythms of pastoral agriculture. It lies 6.0 miles west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 268°T, OS grid SJ 394 123), and is situated south-west of Ford village. The light here often catches the flat, fertile fields with a pale, silver clarity that renders the horizon both expansive and intimate. To the west, the ancient earthworks of Wattlesborough Castle break the skyline, offering a silent contrast to the modern machinery that occasionally hums through the local lanes. Cardeston remains tethered to this legacy of fortification, as the nearby Ringwork and Bailey Castle 100M North East Of Heath Farm reminds observers of a time when authority was marked by raised mounds and timber palisades. The soil is heavy and rich, demanding a steady hand from those who labour to coax life from the furrows. Hedgerows here grow thick with hawthorn, acting as informal boundaries that have long outlived the fashions of those who planted them. Every lane in Cardeston serves as a vessel for the cool, damp air that drifts in from the Severn valley, carrying the faint, earthy scent of river silt and wet stone.
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Explore Cardeston, 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: 52.705628, -2.896872. 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. |