Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: Basingstoke and Deane · Region: South East
Explore Townsend, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Townsend 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Townsend, Hampshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Townsend |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.325424 |
| Longitude | -1.193339 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Townsend emerges from the verdant folds of Hampshire as a quiet gathering of dwellings that hold the morning light with a particular, pale clarity. It lies 2.9 miles south-west of Tadley (from Tadley: bearing 222°T, OS grid SU 563 587), and is situated south-south-east of Wolverton Common village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from the shaded dampness of Pugs Gully to the more expansive, open fields that define the horizon. Baughurst Brook traces a silver, winding path through the nearby earth, its waters mirroring the changing moods of the sky above the hedgerows. Townsend remains a place of understated permanence, where the architecture reflects the traditional vernacular of the district in brick and flint. The air often carries the faint, sharp scent of damp moss and turned soil, drifting in from the dense canopy of Sandford Woods just to the north-west. Time here does not hurry, but rather accumulates in the quiet corners of garden walls and along the narrow, winding lanes. A traveller passing through Townsend might notice how the shadows lengthen across the grass, catching the stillness of a countryside that remains largely untouched by the clamour of the modern world.
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Explore Townsend, 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: 51.325424, -1.193339. 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. |