Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Colshaw, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Colshaw 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 Colshaw, 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 | Colshaw |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.205528 |
| Longitude | -1.940972 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Colshaw anchors itself to the high, rugged spine of the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of crushed heather and gritstone. It lies 3.6 miles south-south-west of Buxton (from Buxton: bearing 197°T, OS grid SK 040 676), and is situated south of Ladmanlow village. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, dominated by the brooding presence of Willshaw Hill, which casts long, indigo shadows across the pastures as the afternoon light begins to fail. Colshaw occupies a quiet corner of the Peak District National Park, inheriting the ancient, weather-beaten temperament of these limestone uplands. To the east, the fragile, lime-rich turf of Colshaw Pastures SSSI supports a quiet, botanical resilience that has persisted through cycles of grazing and frost. The land does not yield easily to the plough, preferring instead to hold its secrets within the hollows and the stubborn, rocky outcrops that break the surface like the bones of the earth. Every stone wall marking the perimeter of Colshaw serves as a testament to the patient, calloused hands that once tamed this wild, high-altitude terrain. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, watchful presence that settles over the moorland long before the sun disappears behind the hills.
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Explore Colshaw, 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: 53.205528, -1.940972. 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. |