Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: East Hertfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Widford, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Widford 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 Widford, Hertfordshire, 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 | Widford |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | East Hertfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.821810 |
| Longitude | 0.052981 |
| Place Type | Village |
Widford reveals itself through the quiet persistence of its flint-knapped walls and the low, steady hum of the surrounding arable fields. It lies 3.8 miles east of Ware (from Ware: bearing 82°T, OS grid TL 415 156), and is situated north of Hunsdon village. The landscape here breathes with a calm, wide-eyed openness, where the heavy clay soil holds the memory of centuries of ploughing. To the north-northeast, the earth rises toward the ancient, shadowed mound of the Barrow Hill motte, a silent sentinel watching over the modern patterns of the hedgerows. A short distance away, the Henry Moore Studios & Gardens offer a profound dialogue between the organic curve of bronze and the raw, unhurried light of the Hertfordshire sky. The parish church, with its distinctive tower, anchors the horizon, its stone surfaces catching the pale, watery gold of late afternoon. Widford retains a character defined by this intersection of deep antiquity and the slow, rhythmic pulse of rural industry. Every lane that winds through the parish carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the spirit in a geography that feels both enduring and remarkably light.
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Explore Widford, Hertfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.821810, 0.052981. 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. |