Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Cannock Chase · Region: West Midlands
Explore Hednesford, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hednesford 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.
| Place | Hednesford |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Cannock Chase |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.709930 |
| Longitude | -2.000683 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hednesford breathes a quiet essence of the Cannock Chase, a place where the woodland’s deep greens bleed into the suburban sprawl. It lies 3.1 km north-east of Cannock (from Cannock: bearing 45°T, OS grid SK 000 124), and is situated west-north-west of Rawnsley village. The gentle rise and fall of the land here speaks of its former industrial vigour, a legacy that has softened into the rolling contours of modern Hednesford. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-grey Staffordshire skies, seems to hold a particular, almost liquid quality as it filters through the leaves of the surrounding ancient oaks. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and distant pine, a constant reminder of the Chase’s wilder heart. Hednesford’s market square, though modest, pulses with a gentle hum on market days, the colours of fresh produce a vibrant counterpoint to the brickwork of the older buildings.
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Explore Hednesford, 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: 52.709930, -2.000683. 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 | June 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. |