Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Waterloo, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waterloo 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 | Waterloo |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.893352 |
| Longitude | -2.747538 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Waterloo, a small hamlet in Shropshire, offers a quiet presence in the West Midlands. It lies 4.5 km north-north-west of Wem (from Wem: bearing 339°T, OS grid SJ 498 331), and is situated north-east of Newtown village. Here, the land gently falls away towards the River Roden, its presence often marked by the soft murmur of water and the rustle of reeds. The fields surrounding Waterloo, a patchwork of greens and golds under the wide Shropshire sky, are often worked by farmers whose families have tended this soil for generations. The air carries a faint scent of damp earth and ripening grain, a perfume of the agricultural heartland. Even the light here seems to hold a particular softness, filtering through ancient oaks and elms that guard the lanes, lending a gentle hue to the weathered brickwork of the few dwellings that comprise Waterloo.
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Explore Waterloo, 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: 52.893352, -2.747538. 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. |