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Birches Head Staffordshire Map

Traditional county: Staffordshire · Unitary authority: City of Stoke-on-Trent · Region: West Midlands

Explore Birches Head, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birches Head 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 Birches Head, Staffordshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birches Head, 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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PlaceBirches Head
Traditional CountyStaffordshire
Unitary AuthorityCity of Stoke-on-Trent
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.036563
Longitude-2.156620
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Birches Head

Birches Head occupies a rise of land that overlooks the industrial heart of the Potteries, where the horizon is often softened by a shifting veil of mist. It lies 1.2 miles north-east of Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent: bearing 35°T, OS grid SJ 895 488). The terrain here holds the steady, quiet weight of a landscape shaped by coal and clay, yet it remains defined by the open breath of the surrounding Staffordshire hills. To the east, the weathered stone remnants of Hulton Abbey offer a silent anchor to the past, grounding the modern suburban streets in a much older narrative. Residents often walk toward the Forest Park Viewing Point in the west, where the ground falls away to reveal the sprawling patterns of the city below. Birches Head maintains a distinct character, balancing the utilitarian legacy of its past with the green, quiet edges of nearby open spaces like Heath House Lane. The light here has a particular clarity, catching the brickwork of the houses in the late afternoon and turning the rooftops a deep, burnished copper. Life in Birches Head moves with a deliberate pace, unbothered by the frantic hum of the main arteries just beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hulton Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 0.6 mi, 071° ENE
  • Heath House Lane Open Space (Park) — 0.7 mi, 142° SE
  • Northwood Park (Park) — 0.7 mi, 208° SSW
  • Hulton Abbey: A Cistercian Monastery Adjacent To Leek Road, Abbey Hulton (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 078° ENE · 2 ha
  • Forest Park Viewing Point (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 272° W
  • Silver Tree (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 241° WSW
  • The Dudson Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 242° WSW
  • Lord nelsons industrial estate (Historic Ruins) — 1.1 mi, 204° SSW
  • Regent Theatre (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 225° SW
  • Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 280° W
  • Mitchell Arts Centre Auditorium (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 226° SW
  • Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 223° SW
  • Ford Green Hall (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 337° NNW
  • Ford Green Reedbed Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 340° NNW · 6 ha
  • Kerry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.8 mi, 086° E
  • Royal Stafford Paint a Pot, Ceramic Shop and Cafe (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 292° WNW
  • Etruscan Bone Mill, Etruria (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 228° SW
  • Etruria Industrial Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 230° SW
  • Josiah Wedgwood's First Bottle Kiln (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 240° WSW
  • Simfields Moated Site. (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 127° SE
  • Wetley Moor Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 096° E · 70 ha
  • Fowlea Brook (River) — 2.2 mi, 213° SSW
  • Josiah Wedgwood Statue (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 207° SSW
  • Middleport Pottery (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 278° W
  • Highest Point on Wetley Common. (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 096° E
  • Trubshaw Cross (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 284° WNW
  • Victoria Park, Tunstall (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.5 mi, 312° NW · 11 ha
  • Chatterley Whitfield Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.6 mi, 344° NNW
  • Head Of Trent (River) — 2.7 mi, 001° N
  • Stanley Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 051° NE

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About This Birches Head Map Page

Explore Birches Head, 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: 53.036563, -2.156620. 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.