Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Forton Heath, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Forton Heath 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 | Forton Heath |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.753113 |
| Longitude | -2.832729 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Forton Heath breathes a quiet air, a place where the land itself seems to hum with ancient memory. It lies 7.3 km north-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 313°T, OS grid SJ 438 176), and is situated south-south-east of Grafton village. The fields here, a patchwork of greens and golds under the vast Shropshire sky, roll with a gentle persistence, suggesting a long history of cultivation and quiet industry. Even the air seems to carry the faint scent of turned earth and wild hedgerows, a testament to the enduring connection between the people of Forton Heath and the land they inhabit. A curious stillness often settles over the hamlet, broken only by the distant bleating of sheep or the rustle of leaves, as if the very landscape pauses to catch its breath.
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Explore Forton Heath, 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: 52.753113, -2.832729. 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. |