Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Horton, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horton 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 Horton, 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 | Horton |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.113614 |
| Longitude | -2.089941 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Horton holds a quiet dominion over the high, uneven pastures of the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of crushed gorse. It lies 2.9 miles west of Leek (from Leek: bearing 281°T, OS grid SJ 940 573), and is situated south of Rudyard village. Stone walls, lichened and weathered by decades of driving rain, divide the fields into a patchwork that clings stubbornly to the rising ground. To the south, the persistent, low gurgle of Horton Brook carves a path through the earth, a hidden vein of water that sustains the valley’s deep, verdant hollows. The light here often feels brittle and thin, casting long, stark shadows that reveal the skeletal ridges of the landscape before the sun retreats. Beyond the stone boundaries, the horizon shifts toward the expansive, dark waters of Rudyard Reservoir, where the sky seems to broaden and breathe in the stillness. Horton remains a place of stoic endurance, defined by the grit of its soil and the vast, unyielding reach of the moorland air.
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Explore Horton, 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: 53.113614, -2.089941. 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. |