Traditional county: Isle of Wight · Region: South East
Explore Rookley, Isle of Wight with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rookley 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 | Rookley |
| Traditional County | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.653260 |
| Longitude | -1.283328 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rookley, a quiet village on the Isle of Wight, breathes a subtle, pastoral calm. It lies 5.3 km south of Newport (from Newport: bearing 172°T, OS grid SZ 507 839), and is situated east-south-east of Chillerton village. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and golds under the shifting island light, hint at a long agricultural inheritance, their gentle slopes drawing the eye towards the horizon. The air here often carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant sea salt, a constant reminder of the island's maritime embrace. The cluster of houses in Rookley, some with thatched roofs that seem to absorb the sunlight, speaks of a continuity, a quiet unfolding of lives against the backdrop of a resilient landscape.
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Explore Rookley, 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: 50.653260, -1.283328. 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. |