Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Overton, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Overton 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 | Overton |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.343696 |
| Longitude | -2.730567 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Overton, a quiet corner of Shropshire, exhales the soft scent of damp earth and ancient hedgerows. It lies 2.8 km south-south-west of Ludlow (from Ludlow: bearing 196°T, OS grid SO 503 719), and is situated west-north-west of Ashford Carbonell village. The land here, a gentle swell of fields, seems to hold the memory of seasons, each furrow a whisper from the plough. A subtle grace pervades Overton, perhaps born of the quietude that allows the distant bleating of sheep to carry with surprising clarity on the breeze. The architecture, a modest assembly of stone and timber, speaks of lives lived with a patient continuity, each dwelling a small chapter in the hamlet's unhurried narrative. Beneath the vast, often benevolent sky, Overton exists as a place where time itself seems to flow with a softer current.
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Explore Overton, 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: 52.343696, -2.730567. 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. |