Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Leigh, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Leigh 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 Leigh, 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 | Leigh |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.624849 |
| Longitude | -2.986739 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Leigh emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a collection of quiet homesteads defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 9.1 miles north of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 3°T, OS grid SJ 333 034), and is situated south-south-east of Worthen village. Sunlight here catches the damp, heavy earth of the surrounding fields, illuminating a terrain that has supported human industry since the days when the iron-willed inhabitants of the small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood first surveyed the horizon. The ghosts of past fortification linger, most notably at the moated site at Leigh Hall, where the water still holds a mirror to the shifting clouds and the changing temper of the sky. Leigh maintains a modest, unassuming character, far removed from the clamour of busier transit routes. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the land rises toward the rugged, heather-dusted heights of Whitsburn Hill, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of high pasture. This geography dictates the pace of life, keeping Leigh tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the persistent, quiet gravity of the West Midlands countryside.
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Explore Leigh, 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: 52.624849, -2.986739. 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. |