Traditional county: Worcestershire · District / Borough: Wyre Forest · Region: West Midlands
Explore Drakelow, Worcestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Drakelow 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 Drakelow, Worcestershire, 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 | Drakelow |
| Traditional County | Worcestershire |
| District / Borough | Wyre Forest |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.423783 |
| Longitude | -2.268800 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Drakelow emerges from the Worcestershire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the shifting moods of the Wyre Forest district. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-west of Kidderminster (from Kidderminster: bearing 341°T, OS grid SO 818 806), and is situated west-south-west of Blakeshall village. The land here possesses a contemplative stillness, where light filters across the fields in long, pale ribbons during the late afternoon. To the east, the earth rises toward the Small Multivallate Hillfort on Drakelow Hill, a silent witness to ancient human presence that now serves as a high, grassy vantage point over the canopy. The terrain rolls southward toward the slopes of Summer Hill, where the soil holds the damp, cool scent of an approaching evening. Drakelow retains a character of isolation, shielded from the urgency of distant industry by the dense, tangled greenery of the surrounding woods. Beneath the heavy boughs, the air remains perfectly still, as if the landscape itself is holding its breath against the passage of the modern world.
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Explore Drakelow, Worcestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.423783, -2.268800. 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. |