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.
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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| Place | Needwood |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | East Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.815514 |
| Longitude | -1.735187 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
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.
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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 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. |