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The Bratch Staffordshire Map

Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: South Staffordshire · Region: West Midlands

Explore The Bratch, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Bratch 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.

Interactive Map of The Bratch, Staffordshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for The Bratch, 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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PlaceThe Bratch
Traditional CountyStaffordshire
District / BoroughSouth Staffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.540710
Longitude-2.199316
Place TypeSuburban Area

About The Bratch

The Bratch sustains a quiet, enduring character defined by the slow convergence of water and level ground. It lies 3.2 miles west of Sedgley (from Sedgley: bearing 269°T, OS grid SO 865 936), and is situated east of Trysull village. Here, the landscape yields to the gentle passage of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, where the historic locks remain as iron-wrought sentinels of a bygone industrial age. The water mirrors the shifting grey of the English sky, while the nearby towpath offers a firm, earthen track for those who walk where heavy barges once carried the weight of coal and iron. Close by, the Warstones Brook carves a shallow, murmuring path through the earth, feeding the moisture that keeps the surrounding grass a deep, resilient green. The Bratch finds its rhythm in these small, persistent movements of nature, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its borders. Sunlight catches the brickwork of the canal bridges, warming the stone until it glows with the soft, muted hues of a well-worn hearth. This corner of South Staffordshire remains a place of steady, deliberate stillness, where the horizon is defined not by ambition, but by the honest lines of the canal and the encroaching fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Warstones Brook (River) — 0.2 mi, 103° ESE
  • Bratch Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 073° ENE
  • Maypole (Public Artwork) — 0.7 mi, 120° ESE
  • Bridge, Towpath And Lock On Staffordshire And Worcestershire Canal At Awbridge (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 336° NNW
  • The Green (Park) — 0.9 mi, 275° W
  • Orton Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 046° NE
  • Parson's Wood Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 109° ESE
  • Wom Brook (River) — 1.2 mi, 094° E
  • Wodehouse Mill Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 086° E
  • Himley Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.8 mi, 123° ESE · 215 ha
  • Great Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 141° SE
  • Himley House Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Island Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 121° ESE
  • Roman Camp 600Yds (550M) Wsw Of Swindon Iron Works (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 196° SSW · 15 ha
  • Lady Godiva'S Churchyard Cross In St Bartholomew'S Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 062° ENE
  • Baggeridge Toposcope (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 106° ESE
  • Gospel End Road Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.4 mi, 091° E
  • Highgate Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 216° SW · 95 ha
  • The Dingle (Valley) — 3.0 mi, 105° ESE
  • Beacon Hill Quarries (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 077° ENE
  • Lower Bog (Wetland) — 3.9 mi, 185° S
  • Victorian Sewer (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 038° NE
  • Tettenhall Transport Heritage Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 022° NNE
  • The Million (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 197° SSW
  • Tettenhall Paddling Pool (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 018° NNE
  • West Park Conservatory (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 035° NE
  • Wolverhampton Pillar (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 043° NE
  • Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 044° NE
  • Wolverhampton City Archives (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 041° NE
  • The Lighthouse Cinema (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 045° NE

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About This The Bratch Map Page

Explore The Bratch, 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: 52.540710, -2.199316. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.