Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Rakeway, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rakeway 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 Rakeway, 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 | Rakeway |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.976481 |
| Longitude | -1.972721 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rakeway holds a quiet gravity in the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the land tilts toward the hidden hollows of the county. It lies 0.8 miles south-east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 139°T, OS grid SK 019 421). The character of Rakeway is defined by the steady, unobserved movement of water, as the nearby Cheadlemill Brook carves a narrow, persistent path through the local clay. Sunlight here often arrives flattened and silver, catching the edges of stone walls that mark the boundaries of ancient, rain-washed pastures. To the east, the stillness of Counslow reflects the shifting clouds, offering a mirror to a landscape that refuses to hurry its own geological pace. The air around Rakeway carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and coal dust, a residue of the industrial rhythms that once powered the wider district. Residents move with a deliberate gait, matching the slow, heavy rise of the fields that separate the houses from the encroaching moor. It is a place where the architecture of the past remains functional, serving the hard-working reality of a topography shaped by both agriculture and the long-faded echoes of subterranean endeavour.
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Explore Rakeway, 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: 52.976481, -1.972721. 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. |