Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Longden, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Longden 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 Longden, 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 | Longden |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.653113 |
| Longitude | -2.824544 |
| Place Type | Village |
Longden watches over the expansive Shropshire plain, its red-brick chimneys and slate roofs catching the low, amber light that shifts across the fields each evening. It lies 4.8 miles south-west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 218°T, OS grid SJ 443 064), and is situated south-south-west of Annscroft village. The terrain here rises in measured swells, grounding Longden within a landscape of working hedgerows and heavy, iron-rich earth. A short distance to the west, the waters of Pontesford Brook trace a path through the valley floor, their movement providing a constant, rhythmic pulse to the local geography. Beyond the immediate pastures, the terrain climbs toward the rugged crests of Earl's Hill & Habberley Valley SSSI, where the air thins and the horizon opens into a wide, windswept expanse. Longden retains a quiet autonomy, its character shaped by the slow rotation of the seasons rather than the haste of modern transit. The architecture here speaks of endurance, with stone foundations and timber frames that have held fast against the prevailing westerlies for generations. Each lane in Longden leads eventually to the open country, where the silence is broken only by the sharp, sudden call of a buzzard circling above the ridge.
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Explore Longden, 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: 52.653113, -2.824544. 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. |