(Suburban Area near Old Netley)
Traditional county: Hampshire · Unitary authority: City of Southampton · Region: South East
Explore Hightown, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hightown 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 | Hightown |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Southampton |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.902537 |
| Longitude | -1.331559 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hightown emerges from the Hampshire landscape as a quiet assembly of dwellings caught between the encroaching suburban sprawl and the persistent memory of open fields. It lies 1.4 miles west-south-west of Hedge End (from Hedge End: bearing 238°T, OS grid SU 471 116), and is situated north-north-west of Old Netley village. Shadows stretch long and thin across the roads as the sun dips behind the rise of Spring Hills, casting a pale, liminal glow over the rooftops. The air here holds a stillness that suggests the persistence of the old countryside beneath the modern tarmac. To the southwest, the verdant, tangled thickets of Sholing Wild Park offer a retreat where the wind hums through the high canopy with a mournful, singular tone. Residents of Hightown often walk these paths, moving from the structured order of their gardens into the unpredictable, moss-dampened silence of the woods. This transition from the domestic to the wild defines the character of the place, where every fence line meets the encroaching edge of the natural world.
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Explore Hightown, 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: 50.902537, -1.331559. 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. |