Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Stafford · Region: West Midlands
Explore The Handfords, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Handfords 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 The Handfords, 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 | The Handfords |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Stafford |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.801725 |
| Longitude | -2.176762 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Handfords remains a quiet assembly of rural dwellings tucked away within the rolling topography of Staffordshire. It lies 2.5 miles west of Stafford (from Stafford: bearing 264°T, OS grid SJ 881 227), and is situated west of Derrington village. Butterbank Brook meanders with patient purpose just to the west, its silver thread tracing the edges of the local fields and cooling the heavy, loam-rich earth. The light here possesses a particular clarity, often catching the pale stone of older boundaries before fading into the verdant shadows of Haughtondale. To the southeast, the historic earthworks of the Berry Ring Hillfort rise as a reminder of the deep, silent antiquity that anchors this landscape. The Handfords endures as a place of modest scale, where the horizon is defined by the subtle rise of the land rather than the intrusion of modern industry. Life here follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding pastures, far removed from the clamour of the nearby market town. These quiet acres hold a composure that feels both enduring and remarkably light, as if the air itself remembers the long, slow progress of the centuries.
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Explore The Handfords, 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: 52.801725, -2.176762. 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. |