Traditional county: Isle of Wight · Region: South East
Explore Rock, Isle of Wight with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rock 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 | Rock |
| Traditional County | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.652803 |
| Longitude | -1.399881 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rock, a quiet hamlet, breathes the soft air of England's South East. It lies 9.1 km south-east of Yarmouth (from Yarmouth: bearing 131°T, OS grid SZ 425 838), and is situated north-north-west of Brighstone village. The lanes here, often bordered by hedgerows thick with the scent of hawthorn in spring, lead the eye towards the gentle slopes of the Isle of Wight's central ridge. The light, a quality often softened by a fine sea mist, seems to linger longer on the patchwork of fields that surround Rock, lending a serene hue to the landscape. Life in Rock moves with a pace dictated by the turning seasons and the quiet industry of the surrounding farms.
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Explore Rock, 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: 50.652803, -1.399881. 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. |