Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Cannock Chase · Region: West Midlands
Explore Blackfords, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackfords 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 Blackfords, 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 | Blackfords |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Cannock Chase |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.697927 |
| Longitude | -2.021191 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Blackfords reveals itself as a quiet suburban expanse bordering the rugged, heather-dusted expanse of the Cannock Chase district. It lies 0.7 miles north-east of Cannock (from Cannock: bearing 42°T, OS grid SJ 986 111). The light here often catches the incline of Calving Hill to the south-west, casting long, bruised shadows across the residential streets as the afternoon wanes. Residents of Blackfords live within reach of the tranquil, reed-fringed waters of Mill Green Nature Park, where the air holds a persistent, damp chill even in the height of summer. The landscape bears the marks of a region once defined by the deep, subterranean pulse of coal mining, though now the pits have surrendered to a stillness that feels almost heavy. Houses follow the gentle rise of the terrain, their brickwork weathering into a soft, muted grey under the persistent Staffordshire sky. Despite the proximity to the bustling heart of Cannock, the pace of life in Blackfords remains tethered to the rhythm of the changing seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Every chimney pot and garden fence seems to wait for the evening mist, which rolls in from the nearby heath to soften the sharp edges of the suburban grid.
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Explore Blackfords, 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: 52.697927, -2.021191. 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. |