Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Posenhall, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Posenhall 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.
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| Place | Posenhall |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.611435 |
| Longitude | -2.508426 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Posenhall remains a quiet remnant of a landscape shaped by the deep, industrial pulse of the Severn Gorge. It lies 1.1 miles west of Broseley (from Broseley: bearing 264°T, OS grid SJ 656 016), and is situated west-south-west of Benthall village. The terrain here holds a subtle melancholy, where the land slopes toward the nearby shadows of Colley’s Dingle, inviting a stillness that feels heavy with the echoes of past coal extraction. Sunlight often catches the limestone ridges of the distant Benthall Edge Sssi, casting long, pale fingers across fields that have long since forgotten the soot of the kilns. Posenhall retains only a sparse scattering of dwellings, standing as solitary observers to the slow reclamation of the earth by hawthorn and ash. The air carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, a reminder that the geology beneath these pastures once fed the furnaces of the region. There is no clamour of commerce here, only the measured turn of the seasons and the occasional cry of a bird circling the high, open canopy. Posenhall exists in the quiet spaces between the grander narratives of the industrial age, defined by a stark, unassuming grace that persists despite the passing of time.
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Explore Posenhall, 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: 52.611435, -2.508426. 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. |