Traditional county: Warwickshire · District / Borough: North Warwickshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Alvecote, Warwickshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Alvecote 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 Alvecote, Warwickshire, 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 | Alvecote |
| Traditional County | Warwickshire |
| District / Borough | North Warwickshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.637053 |
| Longitude | -1.631143 |
| Place Type | Village |
Alvecote emerges from the Warwickshire landscape as a quiet confluence of water and stone, where the weight of industry has long since surrendered to the slow reclamation of the wild. It lies 2.6 miles east of Tamworth (from Tamworth: bearing 84°T, OS grid SK 250 044), and is situated south-south-west of Shuttington village. The land here holds the stillness of the Alvecote Pools Sssi, a series of flooded basins where the water mirrors the shifting grey of the English sky with startling clarity. Near these pools, the skeletal remains of Alvecote Priory stand in silent, rhythmic defiance against the encroaching ivy, a fragment of medieval devotion left to weather the seasons. Beneath the surface of the fields, the earth remembers the coal seams that once defined the local economy, though now the ground merely supports the passage of waterfowl. The nearby Pooley Country Park offers a green horizon where the scars of former pit workings have been softened by birch and tall grasses. Alvecote maintains a singular poise, balanced between the echo of ancient monks and the steady, unbothered life of the marshes. The light here seems to linger longer on the reeds, casting a pale, metallic sheen that turns the pools into shards of silver during the late afternoon.
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Explore Alvecote, Warwickshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.637053, -1.631143. 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. |