Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Cardington, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cardington 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 Cardington, 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 | Cardington |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.553362 |
| Longitude | -2.729621 |
| Place Type | Village |
Cardington reveals itself through a collection of stone cottages that seem to have absorbed the very light of the Shropshire sky into their grey, weathered facades. It lies 3.5 miles east-north-east of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 72°T, OS grid SO 506 953), and is situated north of Wall under Heywood village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, abrupt rise of Hill End, which casts a long, thoughtful shadow over the surrounding pastures as the afternoon wanes. Cardington sits sheltered from the wider world by the rising slopes of Cardington Hill, where the earth feels ancient and unbothered by the passing of modern centuries. The local church, dedicated to St James, anchors the scene with its sturdy tower, watching over the quiet lanes where the air often carries the faint, sharp scent of woodsmoke and damp limestone. Ancient earthworks lie nearby, including the scheduled monument of the moated site at Court Farm, reminders that this ground has been occupied and rearranged by human hands since long before the present day. One finds in the surrounding fields a peculiar stillness, a sense that the horizon is watching back with a patience born of deep, geological time. Such places exist in a state of suspended grace, where the rhythm of the seasons remains the only clock that truly signifies the turn of the year.
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Explore Cardington, 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: 52.553362, -2.729621. 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. |