Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: New Forest · Region: South East
Explore Picket Post, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Picket Post 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 | Picket Post |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | New Forest |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.853742 |
| Longitude | -1.729264 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Picket Post commands an expansive, windswept vista where the land opens into the vast, bracken-strewn horizons of the New Forest National Park. It lies 2.7 miles east of Ringwood (from Ringwood: bearing 79°T, OS grid SU 191 060), and is situated east of Hangersley village. The horizon here is defined by the sharp, rising silhouette of Picket Hill, which stands a mere stone’s throw to the west-north-west. Sunlight often catches the heather in a way that turns the landscape into a pale, bruised violet, particularly as the afternoon light drains into the nearby depression of Foulford Bottom. Picket Post maintains a quiet, detached character, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, despite the steady passage of wind across the gorse. Ancient earthworks, such as the Bowl Barrow on Handy Cross Plain, linger in the periphery as silent, grassy mounds that anchor the terrain to a much older, pre-industrial stillness. The sky feels remarkably wide here, pressing down with a weight that makes the surrounding heathland appear both fragile and enduring. Those who traverse this high ground find that Picket Post offers a rare clarity of perspective, where the air tastes of salt-tinged distance and wild, untamed growth.
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Explore Picket Post, 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: 50.853742, -1.729264. 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. |