Traditional county: Isle of Wight · Region: South East
Explore Downend, Isle of Wight with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Downend 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 | Downend |
| Traditional County | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.687509 |
| Longitude | -1.246821 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Downend, a quiet hamlet on the Isle of Wight, breathes the soft air of the South East. It lies 3.6 km east-south-east of Newport (from Newport: bearing 113°T, OS grid SZ 533 878), and is situated north-north-west of Arreton village. The land here slopes gently, catching the sunlight in a way that seems to linger, illuminating the patchwork fields that surround Downend. A network of lanes, worn smooth by generations of passage, weaves through the landscape, each turn revealing a vista of rolling chalk downs and distant, shimmering sea. The quietude of Downend is profound, a balm to the hurried spirit, where the only sounds are often the rustle of leaves and the distant bleating of sheep.
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Explore Downend, 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: 50.687509, -1.246821. 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. |