Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Whiston Cross, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whiston Cross 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 | Whiston Cross |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.629862 |
| Longitude | -2.304560 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Whiston Cross, a quiet hamlet, breathes the gentle air of rural Shropshire. It lies 11.0 km east-south-east of Telford (from Telford: bearing 117°T, OS grid SJ 794 036), and is situated west-south-west of Albrighton village. Here, the land unfolds in soft contours, fields of gold and green catching the light as it slants across the West Midlands. The air often carries the faint, sweet scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume of the countryside. Though modest in size, Whiston Cross possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring presence in the landscape, where the pace of life seems to echo the slow turning of the seasons. The old lanes, worn smooth by generations of passage, invite contemplation, their hedgerows a riot of wild roses and brambles in season, hinting at a deeper, wilder beauty.
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Explore Whiston Cross, 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: 52.629862, -2.304560. 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. |