Traditional county: Isle of Wight · Region: South East
Explore Afton, Isle of Wight with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Afton 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.
| Place | Afton |
| Traditional County | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.677622 |
| Longitude | -1.504835 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Afton rests in a quiet corner of the Isle of Wight, where the land slopes gently towards the sea. It lies 3.2 km south of Yarmouth (from Yarmouth: bearing 190°T, OS grid SZ 350 865), and is situated east-south-east of Freshwater village. The air here carries a faint, salty tang, a whisper from the Solent, and the sunlight often falls with a soft, diffused quality, as if filtered through a veil of sea mist. Fields, stitched with ancient hedgerows, unfurl like worn velvet carpets towards the horizon, hinting at generations of quiet stewardship. Afton, though small, possesses a certain unassuming grace, a character shaped by the ebb and flow of the tides and the enduring presence of the chalk downs that cradle it.
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Explore Afton, Isle of Wight, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.677622, -1.504835. 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 | June 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. |