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Needwood Staffordshire Map

Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: East Staffordshire · Region: West Midlands

Explore Needwood, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Needwood 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.

Interactive Map of Needwood, Staffordshire

How to Use This Needwood, Staffordshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Needwood, 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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PlaceNeedwood
Traditional CountyStaffordshire
District / BoroughEast Staffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.815514
Longitude-1.735187
Place TypeHamlet

About Needwood

Needwood preserves a distinctive character shaped by its long association with the expansive royal forest that once defined this part of Staffordshire. It lies 3.8 miles west of Burton upon Trent (from Burton upon Trent: bearing 279°T, OS grid SK 179 242), and is situated north of Rangemore village. The terrain here rises with a quiet, stubborn grace, defined by the ancient agricultural rhythms that have long governed the local pace of life. To the north, the sloping terrain of Hanbury Park Dingle catches the low afternoon sun, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that border the hamlet. The air retains a crisp, open quality, unburdened by the heavy industry that characterises the nearby valley floors. A traveller walking south towards the gentle incline of Higg's Hill might observe how the light shifts across the hedgerows, turning the foliage into a mosaic of muted greys and deep, resonant greens. Needwood retains a solitary, dignified atmosphere, seemingly content to exist at a remove from the busier thoroughfares of the West Midlands. This landscape remains a place of subtle transitions, where the horizon is measured not by monuments, but by the steady, enduring architecture of the woodland and the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hanbury Park Dingle (Valley) — 1.1 mi, 352° N
  • Higg's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 152° SSE
  • Scotch Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 214° SW
  • Woodend Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 357° N
  • National Forest Adventure Farm (Theme Park) — 1.9 mi, 109° ESE
  • Bluebell Woods of Yoxall Lodge (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 226° SW
  • Fauld Crater Monument (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 003° N
  • Lin Brook (River) — 2.4 mi, 218° SW
  • Braken Hurst Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 242° WSW · 25 ha
  • The Lady Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 156° SSE
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 171° S
  • The Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 167° SSE
  • Eland Brook (River) — 2.7 mi, 290° WNW
  • Sinai Park House (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 105° ESE
  • Sinai Park Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 106° ESE
  • Newborough Hall Moated Site, Millpond, Two Fishponds And Connecting Channels. (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 290° WNW · 1 ha
  • Branston Water Park (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 131° SE
  • Klondyke Mill Preservation Centre (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 335° NNW
  • Outwoods Pleasure Ground (Park) — 3.4 mi, 091° E
  • Tutbury Museum & Information Centre (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 035° NE
  • Hoar Cross Hall (Historic House / Palace) — 3.6 mi, 259° W
  • Mill Green (Park) — 3.7 mi, 016° NNE
  • Drakelow (Wetland) — 3.8 mi, 127° SE
  • Michael Arthur Bass (Public Artwork) — 3.8 mi, 098° E
  • Red Carpet Cinema (Cinema) — 4.0 mi, 165° SSE
  • Forest Banks (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 308° NW
  • Old River Dove, Marston On Dove Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.6 mi, 054° NE · 2 ha
  • Stapenhill Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.0 mi, 101° E · 9 ha
  • The Children's Country House at Sudbury (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 346° NNW
  • Vernons Folly (Castle) — 5.4 mi, 349° N

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About This Needwood Map Page

Explore Needwood, 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: 52.815514, -1.735187. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.