Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Stafford · Region: West Midlands
Explore Meretown, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Meretown 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 | Meretown |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Stafford |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.781650 |
| Longitude | -2.362936 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Meretown, a quiet scattering of dwellings, exhales a gentle peace in the Stafford district. It lies 1.8 km north-east of Newport (from Newport: bearing 36°T, OS grid SJ 756 205), and is situated south of Forton village. The fields surrounding Meretown, often bathed in the soft, diffused light characteristic of the West Midlands, suggest a long agricultural lineage, their contours hinting at centuries of patient cultivation. A sense of enduring simplicity pervades the hamlet, where the occasional gleam of sunlight on a farm building catches the eye. The very air seems to carry a faint scent of damp earth and growing things, a subtle testament to the land's quiet fertility. Meretown, though small, holds its own distinct character, unhurried and content.
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Explore Meretown, 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: 52.781650, -2.362936. 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. |