Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Stafford · Region: West Midlands
Explore Great Haywood, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Haywood 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 Great Haywood, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Staffordshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Great Haywood and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Great Haywood |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Stafford |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.801704 |
| Longitude | -2.005876 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Haywood anchors the verdant confluence where the River Trent and the River Sow meet in a quiet embrace of water and silt. It lies 4.0 miles north-west of Rugeley (from Rugeley: bearing 314°T, OS grid SJ 997 226), and is situated north-west of Little Haywood village. The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of canal waters that reflect the grey, shifting clouds of the West Midlands sky. Pedestrians often linger upon the ancient stones of Essex Bridge, watching the current pull at the weeds beneath the arches as if trying to untie the history of the crossing itself. Beyond the bridge, the industrial silhouette of Great Haywood Canal Bridge No 109 marks a time when heavy barges dictated the pace of local life. The nearby estate of Shugborough exerts a gravitational pull on the horizon, its sprawling parkland offering a vast, manicured stillness that contrasts with the domestic hum of the surrounding lanes. Sunlight catches the brickwork of these structures in the late afternoon, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to stretch back toward the nineteenth century. Great Haywood remains a place where the modern world feels peripheral, secondary to the steady, rhythmic pulse of the waterways and the patience of the surrounding fields.
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Explore Great Haywood, 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: 52.801704, -2.005876. 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. |