Traditional county: Bedfordshire · Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Battlesden, Bedfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Battlesden 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.
| Place | Battlesden |
| Traditional County | Bedfordshire |
| Unitary Authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.950158 |
| Longitude | -0.600856 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Battlesden, a quiet corner of Bedfordshire, holds a certain stillness in its rural embrace. It lies 4.5 km south-south-east of Woburn (from Woburn: bearing 164°T, OS grid SP 962 288), and is situated south-west of Milton Bryan village. The lanes that meander through Battlesden are often canopied by ancient trees, their leaves filtering the afternoon sun into shifting patterns on the tarmac, a quiet choreography of light and shadow. Though small, its fields, gently rolling towards the horizon, speak of generations of cultivation, the soil a rich, dark loam that feels cool and yielding beneath the hand. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries a faint, clean scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a simple perfume that marks the passage of the day.
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Explore Battlesden, Bedfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.950158, -0.600856. 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. |