(Suburban Area near Warslow)
Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands · Region: West Midlands
Explore Townhead, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Townhead 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.
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| Place | Townhead |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.126881 |
| Longitude | -1.877790 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Townhead commands a high, rugged vantage point where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of limestone and distant rain. It lies 6.1 miles east-north-east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 76°T, OS grid SK 082 588), and is situated north-west of Warslow village. The landscape here falls within the protected expanse of the Peak District National Park, where the horizon broadens into a vast, undulating tapestry of gritstone and heather. Ancient traces of human presence linger in the earth, most notably the Blake Low Bowl Barrow, which sits as a silent, grassy sentinel just a short distance to the east. Below the slopes, the waters of the Warslow Brook carve a persistent path through the valley floor, offering a low, rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the moorland air. To the east, the rugged silhouette of Ecton Hill rises, a reminder of the industrial veins of copper that once pulsed beneath these quiet fields. Townhead maintains a character defined by this stark, open geography, where the quality of light shifts rapidly across the slopes, turning the dry stone walls into ribbons of grey and silver. The terrain demands a quiet resilience from those who walk its paths, rewarding them with an expansive view that stretches toward the brooding, beautiful crest of Revidge.
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Explore Townhead, 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: 53.126881, -1.877790. 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. |