Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Oldfurnace, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Oldfurnace 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 | Oldfurnace |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.989332 |
| Longitude | -1.940014 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Oldfurnace exhales a quietude born of the Staffordshire Moorlands. It lies 3.1 km east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 81°T, OS grid SK 041 435), and is situated south-west of Oakamoor village. Here, the air often carries the damp scent of peat and the distant bleating of sheep, a constant reminder of the surrounding, undulating landscape. The low stone cottages, their roofs a patchwork of slate and moss, seem to have grown organically from the earth, their windows catching the soft, diffused light that filters through the often-cloudy skies. A sense of enduring resilience pervades Oldfurnace, a character shaped by generations who have worked this land, their lives interwoven with the rhythms of the seasons and the subtle shifts in the light. The nearby River Churnet, a silver thread through the green, whispers its own ancient stories to the quiet fields.
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Explore Oldfurnace, 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: 52.989332, -1.940014. 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. |