Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: Fareham · Region: South East
Explore Downend, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Downend 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Downend, Hampshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Downend |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | Fareham |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.851206 |
| Longitude | -1.156384 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Downend reveals itself as a quiet expanse where the Hampshire landscape gently yields to the encroaching tides of the Solent. It lies 0.9 miles east of Fareham (from Fareham: bearing 95°T, OS grid SU 594 060). The terrain here carries the scars of geological industry, most notably at the Downend Chalk Pit Sssi, where the exposed white strata capture a stark, brilliant light that seems to defy the soft grey of the coastal sky. A short distance away, the low-lying wetlands of Wicor Hard draw the eye southward, where the brackish water reflects the shifting moods of the channel. The air in Downend often tastes of salt, carried inland by currents that have shaped the contours of the earth over countless centuries. Local paths wind through this transition zone, linking the sturdy remnants of suburban life with the wild, unkempt edges of the harbour. As the sun moves, the shadows cast by the surrounding ridges grow long and thin, lending a melancholy grace to the fields and hedgerows. Downend remains a place of subtle transitions, where the weight of the land meets the restless, rhythmic pulse of the nearby sea.
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Explore Downend, 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: 50.851206, -1.156384. 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. |