Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Stafford · Region: West Midlands
Explore Rough Close, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rough Close 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 | Rough Close |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Stafford |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.951061 |
| Longitude | -2.114041 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Rough Close unfolds its quiet presence in the Staffordshire landscape. It lies 5.9 km north-north-east of Stone (from Stone: bearing 21°T, OS grid SJ 924 393), and is situated west of Stallington village. Here, the fields often hold a particular, luminous quality as the sun dips towards the west, painting the hedgerows with a soft, ephemeral light. The air, especially on a crisp autumn morning, carries the faint, earthy scent of turned soil, a testament to the agricultural heart that still beats within this suburban stretch. Though modern dwellings now mark its edges, the land itself remembers a different time, its gentle slopes and the occasional mature oak whispering of seasons past. You might catch the distant hum of traffic from the A34, a modern counterpoint to the enduring stillness of the fields.
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Explore Rough Close, 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: 52.951061, -2.114041. 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. |