Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Elson, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Elson 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 Elson, 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 | Elson |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.916703 |
| Longitude | -2.916234 |
| Place Type | Village |
Elson emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the low, heavy light that clings to the Shropshire plain. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Ellesmere (from Ellesmere: bearing 305°T, OS grid SJ 384 358), and is situated east-south-east of Dudleston Heath village. The land here holds the damp memory of winter, draining slowly toward the nearby Newnes Brook where the water moves with a sluggish, silver persistence through the reeds. Ancient boundaries persist in the soil, echoed by the Moated Site and Associated Water Management Features located to the north-west, where earthworks rise like scarred knuckles from the flat pasture. Elson maintains a stillness that predates the busier clamour of the nearby market town, keeping its own counsel beneath a wide, shifting sky. Farmers here observe the turning of the seasons in the changing colour of the hedgerows, which flush with hawthorn blossom before hardening into the dark, tangled thickets of autumn. The air carries a scent of turned earth and cooling damp, a reminder that the terrain is shaped by the slow accumulation of river silt and human endeavour. Elson remains a place where the horizon feels closer, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy outline of the hills that frame this corner of the West Midlands.
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Explore Elson, 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: 52.916703, -2.916234. 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. |