Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Craignant, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Craignant 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 Craignant, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Shropshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Craignant and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Craignant |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.907221 |
| Longitude | -3.109021 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Craignant remains a quiet pocket of Shropshire where the earth rises to meet the Welsh border in a series of sharp, verdant folds. It lies 3.9 miles north-west of Croesoswallt (from Croesoswallt: bearing 325°T, OS grid SJ 255 349), and is situated north-west of Selattyn village. The light here often feels thin and silver, catching the pale stone of the old boundary walls that track the livestock paths like frozen rivers. To the south, the lonely silhouette of Selattyn Tower stands as a skeletal sentinel, marking a ridge where the wind seldom ceases its low, insistent humming. Craignant shares this high, exposed terrain with the ancient earthworks of Offa’s Dyke, which cut a jagged, defensive scar through the neighbouring hillsides. The landscape demands a hardy pace, with the ground beneath one's boots shifting between damp peat and the stubborn, flinty grit of the uplands. Life in Craignant has long been defined by this proximity to the frontier, where the horizon is wide enough to swallow the sound of a closing gate. These slopes offer a vantage point over the borderlands, looking out toward a distance that seems to hold the weight of centuries in its deep, bruised shadows.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Craignant, 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: 52.907221, -3.109021. 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. |