Traditional county: Staffordshire · Unitary authority: City of Stoke-on-Trent · Region: West Midlands
Explore Hanley, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hanley 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 Hanley, 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 | Hanley |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Stoke-on-Trent |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.028609 |
| Longitude | -2.174692 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hanley rises as the high-altitude heart of the Potteries, a place where the landscape remains marked by the long shadow of ceramic kilns and the memory of fire. It lies 0.4 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent: bearing 353°T, OS grid SJ 883 479). The terrain here commands a view of the surrounding valleys, capturing a shifting, slate-grey light that clarifies the edges of the red-brick terraces. Above the busy thoroughfares, the Silver Tree public artwork glints with a metallic stillness, offering a sharp, modern contrast to the heavy industrial heritage that once defined these streets. Residents often walk toward the nearby Central Forest Park, where reclaimed land has been softened by decades of grass and rising timber. The cultural pulse of Hanley beats strongest at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, a site that preserves the intricate blue-and-white patterns of a bygone manufacturing empire. Here, the air carries a persistent, faint recollection of coal dust and clay, reminding those who walk its pavements of the persistent labour that forged the skyline. Though the kilns have largely cooled, the steep incline of the streets ensures that the wind from the surrounding Staffordshire hills never truly settles, keeping the atmosphere restless and alive.
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Explore Hanley, 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: 53.028609, -2.174692. 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. |