North Waltham Hampshire Map

About North Waltham

North Waltham breathes a quiet dignity, its houses clustered like patient sheep on the Hampshire downs. It lies 9.7 km south-west of Basingstoke (from Basingstoke: bearing 231°T, OS grid SU 562 462), and is situated south-east of Steventon village. The chalky soil here, yielding to the plough for generations, can give the air a fine, almost luminous quality on clear afternoons, a gentle light that seems to soften the edges of the ordinary. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, mark out fields that have been tended since the days when the village church, its flint walls weathered by centuries of wind and rain, first raised its spire. The land rolls with a subtle grace, the horizon often broken by the dark, purposeful line of woodlands or the distant shimmer of agricultural machinery at work. Here, life unfolds with a measured pace, a steady hum beneath the vast expanse of the South East sky.

About This North Waltham Map Page

Explore North Waltham, 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: 51.212475, -1.196029. 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.