Traditional county: Hampshire · Unitary authority: City of Portsmouth · Region: South East
Explore Cosham, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cosham 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 | Cosham |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Portsmouth |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.846546 |
| Longitude | -1.064154 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cosham, a place of quiet suburban grace, unfurls its neat avenues under the Hampshire sky. It lies 5.6 km west-south-west of Havant (from Havant: bearing 258°T, OS grid SU 659 056), and is situated south-east of Southwick village. The afternoon sun, when it breaks through, casts long, gentle shadows from the mature trees that line its residential streets, lending a sense of established peace to the landscape. Historically, Cosham has evolved from agricultural roots, with traces of that past still discernible in the occasional farmstead that endures amongst newer developments, a quiet reminder of earlier seasons. Today, the hum of everyday life in Cosham is a steady, unobtrusive melody, punctuated by the cheerful chatter from its local shops and the distant echo of school bells. The air here often carries the faint, salty tang of the nearby Solent, a subtle reminder of its proximity to the sea, even inland.
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Explore Cosham, 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: 50.846546, -1.064154. 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. |