Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Cotton, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cotton 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 Cotton, 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 | Cotton |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.007737 |
| Longitude | -1.904192 |
| Place Type | Village |
Cotton emerges from the Staffordshire Moorlands as a collection of stone and slate held fast against the rising currents of the Churnet Valley. It lies 3.7 miles east-north-east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 65°T, OS grid SK 065 456), and is situated east-north-east of Oakamoor village. The light here catches the high, open ridges, illuminating the rugged transition where the plateau breaks into the deep, shaded hollows of Cotton Dell. Waters from the nearby Cotton Brook trace a restless path through the limestone, carving a quiet depth into the earth that feels older than the surrounding fields. Above the damp floor of the valley, the skeletal ruins of Cotton College remain as a brittle sentinel, watching over the slow reclamation of the masonry by ivy and wind. The nearby Star Wood anchors the horizon with its dense canopy, offering a dark contrast to the pale, shifting skies that define this elevated terrain. Throughout the day, the wind carries a sharp, clean scent of crushed bracken and wet stone across the undulating pastures. Cotton holds a gravity born of its isolation, remaining a place where the landscape dictates the pace of the seasons rather than the ambitions of men.
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Explore Cotton, 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: 53.007737, -1.904192. 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. |