(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: West Midlands · District / Borough: Birmingham · Region: West Midlands
Explore Short Heath, West Midlands with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Short Heath 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 | Short Heath |
| Traditional County | West Midlands |
| District / Borough | Birmingham |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.535866 |
| Longitude | -1.857335 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Short Heath exhales a quietude, a breath held in the West Midlands air. It lies 3.8 km south-west of Royal Sutton Coldfield (from Royal Sutton Coldfield: bearing 217°T, OS grid SP 097 931). The landscape here, though suburban, retains a certain gentle roll, as if the land itself remembers a softer, older shape before the houses claimed their plots. Sunlight, when it breaks through, can catch the weathered brickwork of older dwellings, imbuing them with a fleeting, coppery warmth. Short Heath’s character is one of steady persistence, a place where the echoes of past industries might still hum beneath the surface of everyday life, a subtle counterpoint to the present. The sky above Short Heath often wears a palette of muted greys and blues, a canvas for the daily procession of clouds, each one a fleeting thought against the vastness.
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Explore Short Heath, 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: 52.535866, -1.857335. 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. |