Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: South Staffordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Essington, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Essington 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 Essington, 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 | Essington |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | South Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.627489 |
| Longitude | -2.059140 |
| Place Type | Village |
Essington retains the quiet, unvarnished character of a place that once drew its strength from the deep, dark seams of coal beneath the Midland soil. It lies 2.4 miles west-north-west of Bloxwich (from Bloxwich: bearing 288°T, OS grid SJ 960 033), and is situated south-west of Springhill village. The landscape bears the faint, lingering imprint of its industrial past, yet the horizon now softens into the wide, open sky of the Staffordshire borderlands. To the west, the Moat House Moated Site offers a silent, water-bound anchor to a much older, medieval timeline, its dark waters reflecting the changing moods of the clouds. Nearby, the expansive grounds of Hilton Park provide a green, rolling counterpoint to the village’s domestic architecture, where the light hits the ancient timber with a sharp, clear intensity. Essington exists as a place of transition, caught between the heavy memory of extraction and the slow, persistent return of the hedgerows. The local atmosphere carries a certain stoic resilience, shaped by the generations who walked these paths when the pits dictated the rhythm of the day. Modern life moves through the streets with a steady, pragmatic pace, indifferent to the ghosts that linger in the quiet corners of the parish.
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Explore Essington, 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: 52.627489, -2.059140. 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. |