Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Ford, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ford 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 Ford, 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 | Ford |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.082959 |
| Longitude | -1.905981 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ford reveals itself as a quiet collection of stone dwellings scattered across the rugged, high-altitude terrain of the Staffordshire Moorlands. It lies 5.0 miles east-south-east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 108°T, OS grid SK 063 539), and is situated south-east of Onecote village. This remote cluster of homes sits entirely within the protected expanse of the Peak District National Park, where the horizon feels vast and untamed. To the north-west, the River Hamps carves a restless path through the limestone, its waters occasionally catching a silver light that mirrors the pale, exposed rock of the surrounding hills. Farmers here work a landscape defined by ancient boundaries and the slow, persistent growth of heather and gorse. Further to the south-east, the silent presence of the Grub Low Bowl Barrow serves as a stark reminder of the long-dead generations who once moved across these same wind-swept ridges. Ford remains a place where the weather dictates the pace of life, and the evening shadows lengthen quickly against the stark, unadorned walls of the local buildings. Every breath of wind that rolls over the moorland seems to carry the scent of damp earth and coming rain, grounding Ford in the immutable geology of the region.
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Explore Ford, 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: 53.082959, -1.905981. 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. |