Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Stafford · Region: West Midlands
Explore Long Compton, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Long Compton 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 Long Compton, 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 | Long Compton |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Stafford |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.800559 |
| Longitude | -2.213333 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Long Compton persists as a quiet enclave of fields and scattered dwellings within the Stafford district of Staffordshire. It lies 4.1 miles west of Stafford (from Stafford: bearing 265°T, OS grid SJ 857 225), and is situated south of Ranton village. The landscape surrounding Long Compton remains defined by the patient, low-lying currents of the nearby Butterbank Brook, which threads through the heavy clay soil with a silver, serpentine indifference. Beyond the immediate horizon, the skeletal remains of Ranton Priory offer a stark, stony reminder of an Augustinian past, casting long shadows across the fields as the afternoon sun begins to fail. Farmers here work the land with a rhythmic persistence, their tractors often cutting lonely figures against the wide, unvarnished sky of the West Midlands. To the north, the Hextall Moated Site preserves an older, quieter history, its waters holding the reflections of clouds that drift slowly toward the horizon. Long Compton breathes in the cool, damp air that rises from the low meadows, maintaining a solitude that feels entirely unconcerned with the hurried pace of the modern world.
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Explore Long Compton, 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: 52.800559, -2.213333. 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. |