Pound Street Hampshire Map

About Pound Street

Pound Street, a quiet hamlet in Hampshire, breathes a subtle air of enduring rural existence. It lies 6.1 km south-south-west of Newbury (from Newbury: bearing 202°T, OS grid SU 449 613), and is situated east-south-east of Penwood village. The land around Pound Street undulates gently, a terrain sculpted by the patient hand of time, where hedgerows, thick with the scent of hawthorn in spring, delineate fields that have likely yielded their harvest for centuries. The light here, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a luminous quality, casting long, soft shadows that lend a painterly depth to the modest dwellings and agricultural buildings. Though no grand abbey or castle dominates its skyline, Pound Street carries the quiet dignity of places that have endured, their history unwritten in grand pronouncements but etched into the very soil and the enduring character of its inhabitants.

About This Pound Street Map Page

Explore Pound Street, 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: 51.349098, -1.355899. 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.