Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Great Lyth, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Lyth 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 Great Lyth, 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 | Great Lyth |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.659732 |
| Longitude | -2.804532 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Lyth emerges as a quiet collection of dwellings where the Shropshire landscape softens into a series of low-slung, pastoral folds. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 212°T, OS grid SJ 456 071), and is situated east-south-east of Annscroft village. The morning light often catches the brickwork of older farmhouses here, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the horizon with a weary elegance. To the east, the rounded spine of Lyth Hill rises above the fields, acting as a natural barometer for the shifting clouds that drift across the West Midlands. Great Lyth maintains a modest, unassuming character, defined more by the patient toil of its agricultural borders than by the clamour of modern ambition. A short distance to the north, the weathered earth of the Welbatch Pit Mound serves as a silent reminder of the subterranean industry that once defined the wider reach of this terrain. Roads wind between the hedgerows with a purposeful, crooked gait, connecting the disparate houses into a loose, unhurried whole. The air carries a crisp clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding meadows, grounding the spirit in the simple gravity of the soil.
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Explore Great Lyth, 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: 52.659732, -2.804532. 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. |