Traditional county: Shropshire · Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin · Region: West Midlands
Explore Lightmoor, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lightmoor 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 Lightmoor, 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 | Lightmoor |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Unitary Authority | Telford and Wrekin |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.646808 |
| Longitude | -2.471723 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lightmoor emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a modern suburban expansion built upon the foundations of a once-industrial coal-mining terrain. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Telford (from Telford: bearing 206°T, OS grid SJ 681 055), and is situated south-south-east of New Works village. The architecture here favors clean, contemporary lines that contrast sharply with the brooding, overgrown remnants of deep-shaft excavations that long ago defined the local economy. Water marks the boundaries of the terrain, where The Wide Waters catch the low, slanted sunlight of late afternoon, turning the surface into a mirror of liquid bronze. Residents of Lightmoor often traverse the quiet paths toward the nearby Museum of Steel Sculpture, where abstract iron forms occupy the open air like sentinels of a forgotten forge. These metallic shapes provide a stark, deliberate counterpoint to the soft, shifting greens of the surrounding meadows. Through the changing seasons, the air retains a crisp clarity, vibrating with the quiet pulse of a place that has exchanged the grit of the furnace for the stillness of suburban life. Lightmoor remains a study in transition, where the heavy echoes of history are slowly softened by the encroaching peace of the countryside.
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Explore Lightmoor, 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: 52.646808, -2.471723. 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. |