Traditional county: Isle of Wight · Region: South East
Explore Gatcombe, Isle of Wight with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gatcombe 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 | Gatcombe |
| Traditional County | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.664973 |
| Longitude | -1.309298 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Gatcombe, a quiet settlement on the Isle of Wight, breathes a gentle, unhurried air. It lies 4.1 km south-south-west of Newport (from Newport: bearing 196°T, OS grid SZ 489 852), and is situated north-north-west of Chillerton village. The surrounding landscape, a soft embrace of rolling fields, often catches the late afternoon sun in a way that turns the greenest pastures to burnished gold. Its history is whispered in the weathered stone of its ancient church, St. Andrew's, a place where generations have found solace and community. Though small, Gatcombe holds a certain charm, a quiet dignity that speaks of a deep connection to the land, where the distant bleating of sheep can sometimes be heard on the breeze. The quality of the light here, particularly in the early morning mist, lends a dreamlike beauty to the everyday.
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Explore Gatcombe, 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: 50.664973, -1.309298. 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. |