(Suburban Area near Essington)
Traditional county: West Midlands · District / Borough: City of Wolverhampton · Region: West Midlands
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| Place | Wood End |
| Traditional County | West Midlands |
| District / Borough | City of Wolverhampton |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.611059 |
| Longitude | -2.082613 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Wood End rises gently from the Staffordshire plain, a place where the quiet hum of suburban life mingles with the echo of older landscapes. It lies 3.6 km north-north-west of Willenhall (from Willenhall: bearing 328°T, OS grid SJ 945 014), and is situated south-west of Essington village. The air here often carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the agricultural lands that still press close to its edges, their fields a patchwork of greens and golds under the wide, often soft, West Midlands sky. Subtle undulations in the terrain suggest the slow carving of ancient watercourses, now mostly hidden beneath the neat lawns and tarmac of Wood End's residential streets. The light, when it breaks through the clouds, can cast a peculiarly luminous glow on the brickwork of its houses, softening their modern lines. Even in its everyday aspect, Wood End holds a certain unpretentious grace, a quiet persistence that speaks of the lives lived and the seasons turned within its bounds.
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Explore Wood End, 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: 52.611059, -2.082613. 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. |