Traditional county: Staffordshire · Unitary authority: City of Stoke-on-Trent · Region: West Midlands
Explore Ridgeway, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway, 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 | Ridgeway |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Stoke-on-Trent |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.080695 |
| Longitude | -2.165991 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ridgeway occupies a quiet ridge of high ground where the Staffordshire earth begins to tilt toward the industrial horizon. It lies 2.4 miles south of Biddulph (from Biddulph: bearing 170°T, OS grid SJ 889 537), and is situated west-north-west of Brown Edge village. The land here holds a certain stoic austerity, reflecting the remnants of deep-seated coal extraction that once defined the regional character. Ridgeway sits partly within the expansive grounds of the Chatterley Whitfield Heritage Country Park, where the ghosts of Victorian engine houses stand as silent witnesses to a vanished age of steam and soot. Just a short walk away, the gentle, rhythmic flow of the Head Of Trent provides a cooling contrast to the firm, unyielding slopes of the surrounding hills. Sunlight often catches the edges of the stone boundaries, highlighting a landscape that prefers the utility of hard stone over the softness of manicured gardens. The air carries a crisp, open quality, unburdened by the heavy density of the nearby Potteries. Residents of Ridgeway observe the changing seasons across a vista that balances the heavy legacy of the earth below with the wide, unimpeded expanse of the West Midlands sky.
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Explore Ridgeway, 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: 53.080695, -2.165991. 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. |