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Glascote Staffordshire Map

Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Tamworth · Region: West Midlands

Explore Glascote, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Glascote 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.

Interactive Map of Glascote, Staffordshire

How to Use This Glascote, Staffordshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Glascote, 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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PlaceGlascote
Traditional CountyStaffordshire
District / BoroughTamworth
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.627947
Longitude-1.674418
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Glascote

Glascote serves as a distinct suburban portion of Staffordshire, shaped by the steady, industrial pulse of the West Midlands. It lies 0.8 miles east-south-east of Tamworth (from Tamworth: bearing 117°T, OS grid SK 221 034). The landscape here retains the quiet echoes of its past, where the heavy industry of coal mining once dictated the daily rhythm of the local inhabitants. A portion of the locality is contained within the green expanse of Kettlebrook Park, providing a soft, verdant contrast to the structured brickwork of the surrounding homes. To the north-west, the Warwickshire Moor Local Nature Reserve offers a sanctuary of reeds and open sky that softens the encroaching urban edge. Sunlight catches the brick facades of Glascote during the golden hour, revealing the persistent character of a place that transitioned from deep-shaft mining to modern residential life. The proximity to the historic heart of Tamworth ensures that the grandeur of Tamworth Castle remains a constant, silent sentinel on the western horizon. Through the changing seasons, the air in Glascote carries a crisp, lingering freshness that rises from the nearby waterways and open fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kettlebrook Park (Park)locality lies within
  • Warwickshire Moor Local Nature Reserve (Park) — 0.6 mi, 333° NNW
  • Aethelflaeda Monument (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 317° NW
  • Tamworth Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 289° WNW · 1 ha
  • Medieval Deanery, Lower Gungate (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 300° WNW
  • Saxon Defences (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 286° WNW
  • Tamworth Assembly Rooms (Theatre) — 1.0 mi, 297° WNW
  • Old Mill Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 229° SW
  • Bourne Brook Cut (River) — 1.6 mi, 238° WSW
  • Quarry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 151° SSE
  • Discover Thomas & Friends Exhibition (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 235° SW
  • Tidmouth Hault (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 235° SW
  • Bryan's Slot Machine Museum (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 234° SW
  • Drayton Manor Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.8 mi, 234° SW
  • Dino Trail (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 233° SW
  • Alvecote Priory (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 074° ENE
  • Alvecote Pools Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 071° ENE · 129 ha
  • Drayton Manor Resort (Theme Park) — 2.0 mi, 236° SW
  • Statfold Barn Railway and Museum (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 038° NE
  • National Fairground Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 033° NNE
  • Dosthill Granite Quarry (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 194° SSW
  • Kingsbury Brickworks Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 180° S
  • Comberford Brook (River) — 2.7 mi, 332° NNW
  • Hanging Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.9 mi, 338° NNW
  • Hopwas Hays Woodhouse (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 294° WNW
  • Hopwas Hays Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.2 mi, 297° WNW
  • Miners Lamp (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 174° S
  • Tamworth View (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 272° W
  • Middleton Hall (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 209° SSW
  • Cliff Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.8 mi, 195° SSW

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About This Glascote Map Page

Explore Glascote, 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: 52.627947, -1.674418. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.