Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Lichfield · Region: West Midlands
Explore Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Drayton Bassett 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.
| Place | Drayton Bassett |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Lichfield |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.600032 |
| Longitude | -1.715891 |
| Place Type | Village |
Drayton Bassett finds its quiet corners in Staffordshire. It lies 2.0 km south-west of Fazeley (from Fazeley: bearing 214°T, OS grid SK 193 002). The land hereabouts unfolds with a gentle resilience, the fields often holding the soft, muted light of the Midlands sky, a canvas for the seasons' slow work. The village itself carries the quiet dignity of places that have witnessed generations walk its lanes, their lives etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring stone of its parish church, St. Peter and St. Paul. A subtle scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke might drift on the breeze, hinting at the agricultural heritage that has shaped this stretch of countryside. Though no longer a bustling centre of industry, the echoes of past endeavours can still be felt in the very way the landscape has been shaped.
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Explore Drayton Bassett, 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: 52.600032, -1.715891. 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 | June 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. |