Widley Hampshire Map

About Widley

Widley surveys a landscape of subtle greens and muted earth tones, a quiet corner of Hampshire where the wind seems to carry the scent of distant brine. It lies 4.3 km west of Havant (from Havant: bearing 276°T, OS grid SU 671 072), and is situated south-south-east of Furzeley Corner village. The houses of Widley, often rendered in soft brick and tile, seem to absorb the gentle light that falls across the South Downs, a soft luminescence that makes even the most mundane path gleam with a momentary, unexpected beauty. Though it possesses no grand abbey or towering castle, the history of Widley is etched in the very contours of its fields, in the ancient trackways that still guide the eye across the gently rolling terrain. Life here moves with a quiet deliberation, a rhythm set by the turning of the seasons and the predictable ebb and flow of the surrounding countryside, where the hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, still hold their secrets close. The air, particularly on a clear morning, possesses a crispness that hints at the proximity of open skies, a breath of the wildness that still graces this corner of England.

About This Widley Map Page

Explore Widley, 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: 50.860757, -1.047757. 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.