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Sansaw Heath Shropshire Map

Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands

Explore Sansaw Heath, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sansaw Heath 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.

Interactive Map of Sansaw Heath, Shropshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sansaw Heath, Shropshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceSansaw Heath
Traditional CountyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.797667
Longitude-2.722848
Place TypeHamlet

About Sansaw Heath

Sansaw Heath emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a collection of quiet lanes and pastoral fields that hold the morning mist with a stubborn, cold persistence. It lies 4.0 miles south of Wem (from Wem: bearing 179°T, OS grid SJ 513 224), and is situated south-west of Grinshill village. The land here carries the weight of a slow, geological patience, marked by the proximity of Grinshill Hill, which looms to the north-northeast like a weathered spine of ancient sandstone. Below this elevation, the light often catches the rugged, exposed faces of the Grinshill Quarries SSSi, where the earth reveals its layered history in shades of ochre and cream. Sansaw Heath maintains an understated character, defined more by the shifting patterns of the seasons across its hedgerows than by any sudden intrusion of modernity. The air remains clean, carrying the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke that lingers long after the sun has retreated behind the horizon. Life here follows the unforced pace of the agricultural calendar, where the turning of the soil and the growth of the crops dictate the rhythm of the days. Through the silence of the afternoon, the landscape feels complete, defined by the simple geometry of fences and the honest, heavy stillness of the Shropshire sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Grinshill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 028° NNE
  • Grinshill Quarries Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 043° NE · 10 ha
  • The Glen (Valley) — 1.1 mi, 248° WSW
  • Rabbit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 240° WSW
  • Moated Site And Associated Ridge And Furrow Cultivation Remains, 145M South Of St Mary Magdalene'S Church (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 160° SSE
  • Medieval Cross In St Martin'S Churchyard, Preston Gubbals (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 215° SW
  • Shawbury Heath (Forest / Woodland) — 2.3 mi, 129° SE
  • Myddle (Park) — 2.8 mi, 286° WNW
  • Myddle Castle Immediately South Of Castle Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 283° WNW
  • Westland Wessex XR516 (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 097° E
  • Gatehouse (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 081° E
  • Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 323° NW
  • Battle of Shrewsbury Exhibition (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 178° S
  • Battlefield Farm (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 178° S
  • The Bog (Wetland) — 3.2 mi, 056° ENE
  • Battle Of Shrewsbury 1403 (Registered Battlefield) — 3.3 mi, 184° S · 108 ha
  • Sleap Brook (River) — 3.5 mi, 329° NNW
  • Ruewood Pastures Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.6 mi, 342° NNW · 2 ha
  • Battlefield Brook (River) — 3.6 mi, 186° S
  • Sunderton Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 167° SSE
  • Stage Door Theatre (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 001° N
  • Fenemere (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.1 mi, 273° W
  • Marton Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.1 mi, 277° W
  • Sundorne Castle (Castle) — 4.6 mi, 168° SSE
  • Haughmond Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 159° SSE
  • Berwick Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.4 mi, 206° SSW · 117 ha
  • Quarry View (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 160° SSE
  • Baschurch Millennium Stone (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 266° W
  • The Mill Exhibition (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 189° S
  • Ditherington Flax Mill (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 189° S

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About This Sansaw Heath Map Page

Explore Sansaw Heath, 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: 52.797667, -2.722848. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.