Traditional county: West Midlands · District / Borough: Walsall · Region: West Midlands
Explore Shire Oak, West Midlands with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shire Oak 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 | Shire Oak |
| Traditional County | West Midlands |
| District / Borough | Walsall |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.637682 |
| Longitude | -1.923353 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Shire Oak, a quiet suburb of Walsall, carries the unassuming grace of a place settled into its landscape. It lies 1.0 km south-south-east of Brownhills (from Brownhills: bearing 150°T, OS grid SK 052 044). The roads here, often lined with mature trees, suggest a leisurely development, where houses have been built with a certain consideration for the surrounding fields, now largely given over to residential gardens and allotments where the late afternoon sun often casts long, peaceful shadows. Though its origins are not marked by grand pronouncements, Shire Oak has, over time, absorbed the gentle hum of suburban life, a place where the echoes of past agricultural rhythms are softened by the present-day cadence of families and their routines. The air here, especially on a mild spring morning, can carry the faint scent of damp earth and blooming hawthorn, a simple olfactory poetry that belies its proximity to busier centres.
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Explore Shire Oak, 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: 52.637682, -1.923353. 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. |