Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Lichfield · Region: West Midlands
Explore Colton, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Colton 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 Colton, 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 | Colton |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Lichfield |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.784356 |
| Longitude | -1.922741 |
| Place Type | Village |
Colton reveals itself through the quiet persistence of ancient sandstone walls and the steady, low-slung horizon of the Staffordshire landscape. It lies 1.7 miles north-north-east of Rugeley (from Rugeley: bearing 19°T, OS grid SK 053 207). To the south-south-east, the slopes of Martlin Hill catch the morning light, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that define the local topography. This terrain gently descends toward the broader expanse of the Trent Valley, where the air holds a persistent, cool dampness even in the height of summer. Beyond the village lanes, the remains of the old church of St Augustine stand as a stark, skeletal anchor in the landscape, stripped of its roof but still commanding the silence of the surrounding meadows. Colton preserves a character defined by the patient endurance of its stone and the slow, rhythmic rotation of the seasons. The architecture here speaks of a long agricultural inheritance, where brick and timber have weathered into the grey-brown hues of the earth itself. Every path leading out from the centre offers a different vantage, whether toward the rising swell of Finners Hill or back into the heart of the village where the past remains a tangible, breathing presence.
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Explore Colton, 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: 52.784356, -1.922741. 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. |