Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Preston Brockhurst, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Preston Brockhurst 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 | Preston Brockhurst |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.816684 |
| Longitude | -2.685831 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Preston Brockhurst, a quiet hamlet in Shropshire, holds its own gentle stillness. It lies 5.0 km south-south-east of Wem (from Wem: bearing 150°T, OS grid SJ 538 245), and is situated east-north-east of Grinshill village. The land here unfolds with a soft, rolling grace, the fields frequently catching the sun’s slanted light in long, golden swathes. Ancient hedgerows, thick with the scent of hawthorn and wild rose, weave a verdant tapestry across the landscape, hinting at centuries of quiet cultivation. The houses of Preston Brockhurst, often built from the warm, local sandstone, seem to emerge organically from the earth, their roofs a mosaic of weathered tiles that absorb the muted tones of the sky. There's a palpable sense of continuity, as if the very air remembers the passage of seasons and generations without hurry.
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Explore Preston Brockhurst, 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: 52.816684, -2.685831. 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. |