Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: East Staffordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Birch Cross, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birch 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birch Cross, Staffordshire, 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 | Birch Cross |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | East Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.872172 |
| Longitude | -1.820506 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Birch Cross emerges from the low-lying Staffordshire landscape as a quiet junction of rural lanes and ancient field boundaries. It lies 2.6 miles south-east of Uttoxeter (from Uttoxeter: bearing 134°T, OS grid SK 121 305), and is situated west-south-west of Marchington village. The earth here holds the damp memory of winter, marked by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the open pasture. A mile to the east, the rising prominence of Hound Hill catches the low, thin sunlight of late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch toward the hedgerows. The water of the nearby Marchington Brook follows a steady, unadorned course, carving a path through the silt that has long defined the local drainage and agricultural character. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain holds a stillness that suggests a history of steady, unrecorded labour. Birch Cross remains tethered to this cycle, where the texture of the soil and the shifting sky define the boundaries of the day.
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Explore Birch Cross, Staffordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.872172, -1.820506. 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. |