(Hamlet near Loppington)
Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Horton, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horton 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 | Horton |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.863880 |
| Longitude | -2.758127 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Horton rests in the gentle embrace of Shropshire's rolling countryside. It lies 2.5 km west-north-west of Wem (from Wem: bearing 292°T, OS grid SJ 490 298), and is situated east-north-east of Loppington village. The lanes that thread through Horton carry the quiet murmur of agricultural life, bordered by hedgerows that burst with hedgerow roses in summer and offer a stark beauty in winter's lean light. Ancient farmsteads, their stone weathered by generations of wind and rain, stand as stoic witnesses to the land's enduring fertility. The subtle curve of the land here encourages the slow meandering of unseen watercourses, their presence felt more than seen, contributing to the soft, verdant character of the landscape.
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Explore Horton, 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: 52.863880, -2.758127. 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. |