Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Catherton, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Catherton 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 Catherton, 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 | Catherton |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.402590 |
| Longitude | -2.510033 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Catherton maintains a quiet austerity, its fields defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the Shropshire landscape. It lies 2.0 miles north-north-west of Cleobury Mortimer (from Cleobury Mortimer: bearing 327°T, OS grid SO 653 784), and is situated south of Oreton village. The land here rises in steady, rhythmic swells, carrying a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows and long shadows of the late afternoon. To the west, the expansive reach of Catherton Common SSSI offers a stark, open horizon where the wind brushes against gorse and hardy grasses without interruption. Nearby, the waters of Cramer Gutter trace a narrow, persistent path through the earth, marking the boundary between the cultivated hedge-rows and the wilder, unmanaged scrub. Sunlight often lingers upon the exposed rock of the slopes, illuminating a terrain that has long resisted the hurried pace of modern industry. The soil, heavy and dark, holds the memory of generations who worked these ridges with a stoic, practical devotion to the harvest. Catherton remains a place of singular character, where the clarity of the air allows one to trace the distant, muted contours of the hills against a pale, expansive sky.
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Explore Catherton, 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: 52.402590, -2.510033. 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. |