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.
| 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 dreams quietly in the Stafford district, a place where hedgerows stitch the fields with a patient hand. It lies 4.1 km west of Stafford (from Stafford: bearing 264°T, OS grid SJ 881 227), and is situated west of Derrington village. The lanes here, often softened by a persistent, gentle English mist, wind through land that has felt the plough for generations, the hedgerows themselves ancient repositories of birdsong and the whisper of passing winds. A sense of quiet industry, perhaps once tied to the land's bounty, still seems to linger in the air, a subtle hum beneath the rustle of leaves. The fields themselves, often a rich, earthy brown after a rain, stretch out under skies that can shift from the softest pearl to a deep, resonant blue, imbuing The Handfords with a contemplative beauty. It is a place where the very air seems to hold the memory of seasons, a subtle testament to the enduring cycle of growth and rest.
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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 | 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. |