Traditional county: Worcestershire · District / Borough: Wyre Forest · Region: West Midlands
Explore Blakedown, Worcestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blakedown 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 Blakedown, 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 | Blakedown |
| Traditional County | Worcestershire |
| District / Borough | Wyre Forest |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.403601 |
| Longitude | -2.178618 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blakedown holds a quiet authority over the Wyre Forest landscape, where the Worcestershire earth yields to a pattern of ancient lanes and cultivated green. It lies 3.2 miles east-north-east of Kidderminster (from Kidderminster: bearing 70°T, OS grid SO 879 784), and is situated south of Churchill village. The waters of Swan Pool mirror the shifting grey of the sky, acting as a dark, glass-like anchor for the birds that congregate near its reeds. Beyond the water, the Blakedown Millennium Green offers a stretch of managed turf where the light catches the dew in long, slanted ribbons during the early hours. Traces of industrial heritage linger in the nearby iron-working history, though the forge fires have long since cooled into the silence of the countryside. Blakedown Brook cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the parish, its movement providing a persistent, low-frequency hum against the stillness of the surrounding fields. The residents maintain a rhythm dictated by the turning seasons, observing the horizon where Knoll Hill rises to meet the changing weather. Through the shifting mist, the architecture of Blakedown remains grounded, reflecting a stoic endurance that has outlasted the original purpose of the local mill-ponds.
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Explore Blakedown, 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: 52.403601, -2.178618. 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. |