Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Prees, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Prees 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 | Prees |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.897518 |
| Longitude | -2.665433 |
| Place Type | Village |
Prees commands a high ridge in North Shropshire, its church spire acting as a steady compass needle for the surrounding farmland. It lies 3.8 miles north-east of Wem (from Wem: bearing 40°T, OS grid SJ 553 335), and is situated north-north-west of Prees Green village. Rainfall here seems to find its own quiet purpose, trickling toward the modest currents of Soulton Brook that carve through the heavy, stubborn clay of the lower fields. To the north-west, the Lighteach Moated Site remains a silent witness to a medieval past, its damp earth holding the ghost of structures long since reclaimed by the encroaching reeds. The local architecture relies on a sturdy, utilitarian brickwork that absorbs the flat, grey light of the West Midlands with a stoic, uncomplaining grace. A few miles further, the Prees Heath SSSI offers a rare expanse of open, sandy heathland where the wind brushes against the dry grasses with a sharp, insistent hiss. Life in Prees moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has seen enough seasons to know that urgency is rarely a virtue. Residents watch the seasons turn across a horizon that feels distinctly wide, as if the land itself were holding its breath under the weight of the vast, pale sky.
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Explore Prees, 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: 52.897518, -2.665433. 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. |