Traditional county: Berkshire · Unitary authority: Slough · Region: South East
Explore Myrke, Berkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Myrke 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 | Myrke |
| Traditional County | Berkshire |
| Unitary Authority | Slough |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.499881 |
| Longitude | -0.590584 |
| Place Type | Village |
Myrke holds its quiet place in Berkshire's landscape. It lies 1.0 km south of Slough (from Slough: bearing 171°T, OS grid SU 979 788). The land around Myrke, a gentle sweep of chalk downs, often catches the late afternoon sun in a soft, golden hue, a light that has likely touched its fields for centuries. Its origins are lost in the mists of early English settlement, a scattering of dwellings that grew organically around what might have been a vital crossroads or a small, defensible clearing. The air here, when the wind blows from the west, can carry the faintest scent of damp earth from the surrounding arable land, a whisper of the agricultural life that has long sustained this corner of England.
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Explore Myrke, Berkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.499881, -0.590584. 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. |