Traditional county: Buckinghamshire · Region: South East
Explore Sands, Buckinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sands 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 | Sands |
| Traditional County | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.631345 |
| Longitude | -0.787146 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Sands lies in Buckinghamshire, a quiet corner of England where the land rolls gently towards the Chilterns. It lies 2.6 km west of High Wycombe (from High Wycombe: bearing 276°T, OS grid SU 840 932), and is situated south-east of West Wycombe village. The air here often carries a faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a testament to the surrounding woodlands that clothe the slopes in varying shades of green throughout the year. The houses of Sands are often built of local flint and brick, their roofs a warm, weathered red, reflecting the soft afternoon light that spills across the landscape. A small, unassuming stream, little more than a ribbon of silver, winds its way through the lower fields, its banks often fringed with reeds that whisper secrets to the breeze. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Sands holds a certain quiet dignity, a sense of enduring peace that settles upon the observer like a fine dust.
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Explore Sands, Buckinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.631345, -0.787146. 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. |