Traditional county: Buckinghamshire · Region: South East
Explore Thornton, Buckinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornton 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 | Thornton |
| Traditional County | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.016062 |
| Longitude | -0.905720 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Thornton, a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, holds a quiet presence in the South East of England. It lies 5.8 km east-north-east of Buckingham (from Buckingham: bearing 73°T, OS grid SP 751 358), and is situated north-north-east of Thornborough village. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of green velvet under the wide English sky, hint at centuries of cultivation, the earth yielding its bounty with a patient generosity that seems to define Thornton. A particular quality of light, often soft and diffused, lends a contemplative air to the modest dwellings and the occasional sturdy oak that punctuates the landscape. The very air here seems to carry the faint, comforting scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke, a testament to the enduring agricultural soul of Thornton.
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Explore Thornton, 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: 52.016062, -0.905720. 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. |