Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Newcastle-under-Lyme · Region: West Midlands
Explore Crackley, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Crackley 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 Crackley, 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 | Crackley |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.049778 |
| Longitude | -2.258704 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Crackley remains a quiet witness to the heavy industry that once carved the Staffordshire landscape into a rugged, coal-dusted mosaic. It lies 2.7 miles south-south-west of Kidsgrove (from Kidsgrove: bearing 196°T, OS grid SJ 827 503), and is situated east of Wood Lane village. The topography here rises with a deliberate, muscular grace, defined by the elevated ridges of Bignall Hill that cast long, cooling shadows across the rooftops in the late afternoon. Much of Crackley finds its modern character defined by the expansive Apedale Community, where the scars of deep-shaft mining have been softened by the return of wild grasses and thickets. Beneath the surface, the earth remains a complex map of tunnels and seams, a subterranean architecture that once dictated the lives of those who worked the dark veins. To the south-west, the crumbling brickwork of the Springwood Blast Furnace stands as a silent sentinel, its weathered masonry reflecting the fading light of an industrial age long since passed. The air in Crackley carries a crisp, open quality, unburdened by the clamour of larger towns and refreshed by the winds that sweep across the high, undulating ground. Here, the transition from the frantic pace of deep-earth extraction to the stillness of reclaimed parkland offers a singular, melancholic beauty.
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Explore Crackley, 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: 53.049778, -2.258704. 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. |