Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: Test Valley · Region: South East
Explore Furzedown, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Furzedown 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 | Furzedown |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | Test Valley |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.061734 |
| Longitude | -1.477405 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Furzedown emerges as a modest collection of habitations where the Hampshire landscape softens into a series of quiet, chalk-streaked inclines. It lies 5.1 miles north of Romsey (from Romsey: bearing 11°T, OS grid SU 367 292), and is situated south-south-east of King's Somborne village. The light here has a particular thinness, casting long, sharp shadows across the lane that seem to pull the horizon closer to the doorstep. To the east, the ancient earthwork of the Bowl Barrow in Parnholt Wood keeps a silent watch over the fields, its grass-covered mound offering a stark reminder of the centuries that have settled into the soil. Furzedown draws its character not from grandeur, but from the way the morning mist clings to the perimeter of the nearby woodland, turning the trees into grey, indistinct ghosts. The local terrain prioritises the horizontal, with wide, open skies that force the eye to track the slow progress of weather moving in from the coast. A short distance away, the remnants of John of Gaunt’s Palace provide a skeletal frame for a history that has long since retreated into the brambles and ivy. This is a place where the stillness is not an absence of sound, but a deliberate, heavy presence that defines the rhythm of daily life.
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Explore Furzedown, 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: 51.061734, -1.477405. 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. |