Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Gretton, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gretton 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.
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| Place | Gretton |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.552624 |
| Longitude | -2.718061 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gretton emerges from the quiet Shropshire folds as a cluster of stone and timber that seems to hold the morning light in its rough-hewn walls. It lies 3.9 miles east-north-east of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 75°T, OS grid SO 514 952), and is situated east of Cardington village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace, pulling the eye toward the distant, rugged silhouette of Hill End which marks the horizon like a jagged tooth. Below the dwellings, the earth retains the faint, ghostly signatures of a moated site and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, telling of hands that laboured long ago to wring order from the stubborn clay. A profound stillness settles over these fields, broken only by the sharp, sudden call of a bird or the shifting of shadows across the pasture. The geology of the ground is ancient and complex, a stark contrast to the fleeting nature of the seasons that wash over Gretton each year. One might walk the perimeter of the historic earthworks and feel the pulse of the terrain, where the heavy, damp air carries the scent of turned soil and distant, rain-washed stone. Time here does not hurry, but rather accumulates in the layers of sediment and the quiet endurance of the surrounding hills.
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Explore Gretton, 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: 52.552624, -2.718061. 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. |