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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Downend, Isle of Wight, 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 | Downend |
| Traditional County | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.687509 |
| Longitude | -1.246821 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Downend retains a quiet composure, anchored by the ancient, chalky spine of the island that rises sharply towards the horizon. It lies 2.2 miles 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 landscape here gathers itself into low, rolling heights where the light catches the pale, flint-strewn earth with a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the day. To the east, the slopes of Robin Hill rise in a gentle swell, their grassy contours offering a broad view across the central valley of the Isle of Wight. Beneath the turf, the Downend Romano-British Villa leaves a silent trace of an older, agrarian life that once thrived in the shelter of these hills. The air carries the faint, shifting sounds of the countryside, moving freely between the trees and the open tracks that trace the path toward the higher ridges. This geography commands a stillness that persists even as the seasons turn the fields from heavy greens to the brittle, golden browns of late harvest. Downend remains a place where the history of the island is held not in grand architecture, but in the enduring, tactile relationship between the soil and the sky.
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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 | 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. |