Townend Staffordshire Map

About Townend

Townend lies a quiet collection of homesteads and fields beneath the wide Staffordshire sky. It lies 12.9 km east-north-east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 72°T, OS grid SK 109 605), and is situated south of Sheen village. The land here, a gentle rise and fall, catches the light in shifting patterns, the hedgerows a dark, intricate stitch against the pale green of the pastures. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and the distant bleating of sheep, a sound that has echoed through generations of lives lived out in the rhythm of the seasons. Though not a place of grand monuments, the old stone walls of the farmsteads speak of a steadfast endurance, their surfaces weathered by countless winds and rains. The surrounding moorland, a tapestry of heather and rough grass, hints at a wilder, older Britain, a backdrop against which the quiet labours of Townend have always played out.

About This Townend Map Page

Explore Townend, 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: 53.142069, -1.837757. 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.