Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Defford, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Defford 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.
| Place | Defford |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.510524 |
| Longitude | -2.484436 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Defford, a quiet hamlet in Shropshire, carries the muted colours of the West Midlands landscape. It lies 5.2 km west-south-west of Bridgnorth (from Bridgnorth: bearing 237°T, OS grid SO 672 904), and is situated east of Chetton village. The land here is given over to gentle fields, often softened by the low, diffused light of the English sky, a light that seems to linger on the hedgerows and the ancient, low-lying farmsteads. Though no grand edifice marks its presence, Defford’s charm resides in its understated rural character, a place where the quiet industry of the surrounding farmland dictates the day's slow turning. The very air seems to hold a stillness, a peace that has long settled upon this stretch of English countryside, a gentle echo of seasons past.
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Explore Defford, 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: 52.510524, -2.484436. 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 | June 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. |