Traditional county: Staffordshire · District / Borough: South Staffordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Great Wyrley, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Wyrley 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 Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, 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 | Great Wyrley |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| District / Borough | South Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.660909 |
| Longitude | -2.013027 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Wyrley reveals a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of its industrial past, where rows of brick houses anchor themselves firmly against the shifting shadows of the West Midlands. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-east of Cannock (from Cannock: bearing 157°T, OS grid SJ 992 070), and is situated east of Cheslyn Hay village. The terrain here holds a particular, muted stillness, broken only by the thin, silver threading of Newlands Brook as it winds its way through the nearby fields. Once a hive of coal mining activity, Great Wyrley now retains an understated composure, its streets echoing with the memory of the deep-shaft labour that shaped the surrounding earth. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Hatherton Reservoir reflect the sky with a mirror-like clarity, offering a reprieve from the rhythmic pulse of modern traffic. The local architecture possesses a sturdy, unpretentious character, built from the red clay and dark brick that have long defined the regional palette. Walking through these lanes, one notices how the light catches the angles of the older rooftops, casting long, melancholic shapes that seem to linger even as the day fades. Great Wyrley remains an honest place, where the history of the soil is held in the quiet endurance of its people.
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Explore Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.660909, -2.013027. 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 | September 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. |