(Suburban Area near Baschurch)
Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Newtown, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Newtown 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 Newtown, 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 | Newtown |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.796679 |
| Longitude | -2.851433 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Newtown emerges from the quiet Shropshire plains as a modest cluster of dwellings defined by the steady, unadorned work of the surrounding fields. It lies 6.7 miles south-west of Wem (from Wem: bearing 233°T, OS grid SJ 426 224), and is situated north-east of Baschurch village. The landscape here holds a stillness that gathers in the hollows, where the light often catches the damp, dark earth of the low-lying pastures. To the north-east, the waters of Berth Pool mirror the shifting grey of the sky, serving as a silent anchor for the local horizon. A short distance away, the ancient earthworks of The Berth rise as a subtle reminder of the generations that have walked this ground long before the current boundaries were drawn. Newtown maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the slow, deliberate turn of agricultural life. The air carries a crisp clarity, particularly when the wind drifts over the open land from the nearby water bodies. Each lane in Newtown speaks to a functional, grounded existence, where the horizon remains wide and the pace is measured by the sun.
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Explore Newtown, 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: 52.796679, -2.851433. 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. |