Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Hansley Cross, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hansley Cross 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 Hansley Cross, 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 | Hansley Cross |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.979148 |
| Longitude | -1.911865 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hansley Cross commands a modest elevation where the Staffordshire Moorlands begin to surrender their rugged character to the softening influence of the Churnet Valley. It lies 3.1 miles east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 98°T, OS grid SK 060 424), and is situated west of Alton village. The landscape here breathes with a cool, open quality, defined by stone-walled pastures that hold the morning frost long after the lowlands have thawed. To the north, the weathered gritstone of Painter’s Rock protrudes from the earth like the spine of some ancient, buried creature, watching over the quiet lanes. Hansley Cross retains a singular stillness, where the wind carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby Dimmings Dale woodland. Further east, the sharp silhouette of Toothill Rock marks the horizon, catching the amber light of dusk in a way that turns the heather to copper. Life in Hansley Cross follows the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, dictated more by the unpredictable temperament of the moorland weather than by the hurried pulse of the modern world.
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Explore Hansley Cross, 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: 52.979148, -1.911865. 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. |