Traditional county: West Midlands · District / Borough: Solihull · Region: West Midlands
Explore Balsall Common, West Midlands with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balsall Common 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 Balsall Common, West Midlands, 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 | Balsall Common |
| Traditional County | West Midlands |
| District / Borough | Solihull |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.391721 |
| Longitude | -1.650398 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Balsall Common holds the quiet, terrestrial weight of the Midlands, where the land stretches wide beneath a sky that often seems to hold the pale, silvered light of an approaching evening. It lies 4.5 miles north-west of Kenilworth (from Kenilworth: bearing 319°T, OS grid SP 238 771), and is situated west-south-west of Carol Green village. The earth here carries a damp, fertile patience, particularly toward the north-west where the Berkswell Marsh SSSi preserves a rare, boggy stillness that refuses to be tamed by modern paving. A short journey away, the Preceptory at Temple Balsall stands as a solemn monument to the medieval knights who once walked these same lanes, their history etched into the very stone that still anchors the horizon. The rhythms of life in Balsall Common are dictated by the shifting seasons, as the winter sun casts long, skeletal shadows across the fields and the summer heat draws a rich, grassy scent from the surrounding meadows. Travellers passing through the periphery often remark upon the peculiar clarity of the air, which seems to sharpen the edges of the distant hedgerows and the quiet, solid rooftops of the houses. Each morning, the local thoroughfares pulse with the steady, unpretentious movement of commuters and residents who occupy this space with a grounded sense of belonging. Through the changing light of the day, Balsall Common remains a place defined not by grand spectacle, but by the honest, unchanging quality of its soil and the persistence of its rural character.
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Explore Balsall Common, 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: 52.391721, -1.650398. 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. |