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Fordhouses West Midlands Map

Traditional county: West Midlands · District / Borough: City of Wolverhampton · Region: West Midlands

Explore Fordhouses, West Midlands with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fordhouses 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.

Interactive Map of Fordhouses, West Midlands

How to Use This Fordhouses, West Midlands Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fordhouses, West Midlands, 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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PlaceFordhouses
Traditional CountyWest Midlands
District / BoroughCity of Wolverhampton
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.628512
Longitude-2.128711
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Fordhouses

Fordhouses stretches across a landscape where the industrial pulse of the West Midlands meets the persistent, quiet endurance of the Staffordshire border. It lies 2.9 miles north of Wolverhampton (from Wolverhampton: bearing 1°T, OS grid SJ 913 034), and is situated south of Coven Heath village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, marked by the steady, unobserved passage of Waterhead Brook as it carves its way through the northern fringes. Modern roads and residential rows now occupy ground that once felt the heavy tread of agricultural change and the later, rapid expansion of manufacturing. To the south, the open expanse of Goodyear Neighbourhood Park offers a reprieve of green, where the light softens against the flat horizon in the late afternoon. Fordhouses maintains a character defined by this transition between the dense brickwork of the city and the thinning hedges of the surrounding countryside. History lingers in the nearby shadows of the past, though the present remains firmly tethered to the movement of commuters and the hum of nearby arterial routes. The sky over Fordhouses seems wider than the suburban density would suggest, lending a sense of openness to those who walk its pavements at dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Waterhead Brook (River) — 0.2 mi, 009° N
  • Goodyear Neighbourhood Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 173° S
  • Gymnastic statue (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 270° W
  • Cross In St Mary'S Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 132° SE
  • Bushbury Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 122° ESE
  • Island Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 299° WNW
  • Featherstone Brook (River) — 1.3 mi, 013° NNE
  • Moseley Old Hall (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 061° ENE
  • Barnhurst Lane Pitches (Park) — 1.6 mi, 247° WSW
  • Aldersley Junction (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 204° SSW
  • Wolverhampton Locks (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 185° S
  • Locomotive wheels (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 183° S
  • Moat House Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 097° E
  • Moated Mound (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 096° E
  • Statue Of Mary (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 266° W
  • Wolves Museum and Stadium Tours (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 182° S
  • Tettenhall Paddling Pool (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 220° SW
  • West Park Conservatory (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 192° SSW
  • Tettenhall Transport Heritage Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 213° SSW
  • West Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.7 mi, 189° S · 19 ha
  • Cineworld Bentley Bridge (Cinema) — 2.7 mi, 146° SE
  • Gunstone Leper Well (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 287° WNW
  • The Lighthouse Cinema (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 175° S
  • Wolverhampton City Archives (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 182° S
  • Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 179° S
  • Four Ashes Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 002° N
  • Chillington (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.4 mi, 311° NW · 378 ha
  • Saredon Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.5 mi, 039° NE
  • Wightwick Manor (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 222° SW
  • Big Hyde Rough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.2 mi, 316° NW · 11 ha

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About This Fordhouses Map Page

Explore Fordhouses, West Midlands, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.628512, -2.128711. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.