(Village near Wattlesborough Heath)
Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
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| Place | Rowton |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.698501 |
| Longitude | -2.940676 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rowton, a Shropshire hamlet, breathes the quietude of West Midlands England. It lies 12.6 km west of Shrewsbury (from Shrewsbury: bearing 265°T, OS grid SJ 365 116), and is situated east of Wattlesborough Heath village. The land here, a gentle unfolding of fields, remembers the steady hand of husbandry, the subtle light of dawn often painting the ancient hedgerows with a soft, golden hue. Close by, the heathland offers a wilder counterpoint, a place where the wind carries whispers of centuries past. Rowton itself, a collection of dwellings gathered around a central green, speaks of a life lived in close communion with the earth, the very air carrying a faint, sweet scent of damp soil and ripening grain.
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Explore Rowton, 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: 52.698501, -2.940676. 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. |