Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Willaston, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Willaston 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Willaston, 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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| Place | Willaston |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.917384 |
| Longitude | -2.597861 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Willaston emerges from the flat, heavy pastures of Shropshire as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient industry of the surrounding fields. It lies 4.8 miles west of Market Drayton (from Market Drayton: bearing 281°T, OS grid SJ 598 357), and is situated south-south-west of Calverhall village. The land here holds the memory of medieval fortification, where the earthworks of the Motte Castle near Higher Kempley Farm rise as a silent, grassy tumulus against the shifting grey of the sky. Nearby, the water-filled silence of the Moated Site in Upper Kempley Wood suggests a time when Willaston was a place of defensive vigilance rather than the current stillness of hedgerow and lane. The horizon is wide and indifferent, shaped by the thin, cold light that often catches the damp furrows of the arable earth. Autumn winds scour the open plains, carrying the scent of turning soil toward the distant, hidden hollows of the landscape. Willaston persists as a fragment of rural antiquity, indifferent to the pace of the modern world that rushes past its periphery.
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Explore Willaston, 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: 52.917384, -2.597861. 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 | August 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. |