Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: New Forest · Region: South East
Explore Roughdown, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Roughdown 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 | Roughdown |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | New Forest |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.819843 |
| Longitude | -1.387607 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Roughdown emerges from the coastal fringe of Hampshire as a quiet threshold between the encroaching woodland and the salt-bitten air of the Solent. It lies 5.6 miles north-west of Cowes (from Cowes: bearing 315°T, OS grid SU 432 024), and is situated west of Blackfield village. This modest collection of dwellings rests securely within the protected expanse of the New Forest National Park, where the horizon is defined by the persistent, rugged character of the heath. Visitors wandering the lanes near Roughdown often encounter the ancient, silent earthworks of the Row Down Round Barrow Cemetery, where the shadows of past generations linger in the tall, wind-swept grasses. The landscape here is protected as part of the North Solent SSSI, a designation that preserves the fragile, brackish wetlands from the pressures of modern expansion. Sunlight often catches the damp expanses of the low-lying marshes, casting a pale, silver illumination that shifts with the turning tide. Roughdown maintains a stoic presence, indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its quiet, leafy borders.
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Explore Roughdown, 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: 50.819843, -1.387607. 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. |