Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Hemford, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hemford 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 Hemford, 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 | Hemford |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.598043 |
| Longitude | -2.997121 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hemford remains a quiet cluster of dwellings where the Shropshire landscape softens into a series of modest, green-shouldered rises. It lies 7.3 miles north of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 0°T, OS grid SJ 325 004), and is situated south-west of Bentlawnt village. Ancient horizons define the character of Hemford, marked by the silent, weathered stones of the Hoarstone circle that stand as sentinels just to the south. The nearby Minsterley Brook gathers the runoff of the high ground, its waters moving with a deliberate, cold clarity through the mossy stones of the valley floor. To the west, the earth rises toward the ramparts of the Castle Ring, where the deep defensive ditches have long since surrendered to the patient growth of gorse and scrub. Light here possesses a thin, sharp quality that seems to clarify the distant edges of the hills, throwing long shadows across the pastures as the afternoon wanes. The rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, dictated by the turning of the soil and the shifting of the wind across the open Shropshire plain. Such a landscape demands a steady, unhurried attention, rewarding those who watch the sun catch the grey stone walls of the older farmsteads.
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Explore Hemford, 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: 52.598043, -2.997121. 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. |