Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: Basingstoke and Deane · Region: South East
Explore Cocksford Down, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cocksford Down 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.
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| Place | Cocksford Down |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.194343 |
| Longitude | -1.228759 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Cocksford Down rises as a quiet protrusion of chalk and loam within the Hampshire landscape, defined by its stark exposure to the winds that scour the downs. It lies 5.4 miles east-south-east of Whitchurch (from Whitchurch: bearing 117°T, OS grid SU 539 441), and is situated south-west of North Waltham village. The terrain here feels spare and unadorned, save for the sudden, elevated presence of Popham Beacon, which commands a view over the surrounding fallow fields. A short distance to the south, the dense, sombre canopy of Blackwood Forest offers a deep green contrast to the pale, sun-bleached grasses that define the topography of Cocksford Down. Ancient earthworks ripple across the neighbouring fields, hinting at a long-forgotten human tenure that preceded the modern agricultural patchwork. The light in this part of the county possesses a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the hedgerows and revealing the subtle, flint-strewn textures of the soil. Throughout the day, the silence is broken only by the rhythmic passage of traffic on nearby arterial roads, which serves as a stark, mechanical counterpoint to the stillness of the open slopes. Cocksford Down remains a place of austere solitude, where the horizon feels vast and the sky imposes a heavy, vaulted presence upon the land.
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Explore Cocksford Down, Hampshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.194343, -1.228759. 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 | August 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. |