Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Cannock Chase · Region: West Midlands
Explore Common Side, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Common Side 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 Common Side, 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 | Common Side |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Cannock Chase |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.661767 |
| Longitude | -1.962994 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Common Side exists as a modest fragment of the Staffordshire landscape, shaped by the enduring legacy of the coal industry that once defined this rugged terrain. It lies 1.8 miles north-west of Brownhills (from Brownhills: bearing 310°T, OS grid SK 026 071), and is situated south of Norton Canes village. The geography here is defined by the expansive Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths SSSI, where the earth bears the quiet, scarred memory of long-extinguished pits. Sunlight often catches the low, sprawling horizon, illuminating the resilient grasses that have reclaimed the ground where heavy machinery once hummed. Common Side feels caught between the lingering industrial ghosts of the past and the slow, persistent return of wilder flora. To the north-east, the waters of Chasewater shimmer with a flat, metallic brightness, offering a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic transit of the nearby railway heritage. This expanse of heathland provides a stark, open beauty, where the wind carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, muted echoes of the region’s coal-mining heart. Common Side remains a place of transition, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts its dominance over the low-slung rooftops.
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Explore Common Side, 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: 52.661767, -1.962994. 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. |