Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Overton, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Overton 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 Overton, 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 | Overton |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.940559 |
| Longitude | -1.928222 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Overton reveals itself as a quiet gathering of stone and timber upon the high, broken ridges of the Staffordshire Moorlands. It lies 3.9 miles south-east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 142°T, OS grid SK 049 381), and is situated south-south-west of Hollington village. The air here holds a particular clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the winds that sweep across the nearby crest of Toot Hill. To the north-east, the land drops away into the shadowed depths of Birchendale, where the light seems to thicken and pool among the ancient, unhurried trees. The earth around Overton carries the grit and stubbornness of a landscape shaped by centuries of agricultural toil. Stone walls partition the fields into irregular geometries that catch the low, slanting sun of late afternoon. One might trace the ghost of older paths leading toward the distant, crumbling masonry of Croxden Abbey, a reminder of the monastic influence that once governed these disparate horizons. Overton remains a place of singular perspective, where the wide sky presses down upon the rolling pasture with an almost palpable weight.
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Explore Overton, 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: 52.940559, -1.928222. 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. |