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Potterhanworth Lincolnshire Map

Traditional county: Lincolnshire · District / Borough: North Kesteven · Region: East Midlands

Explore Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Potterhanworth 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire

How to Use This Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire, 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.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Lincolnshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Potterhanworth and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Potterhanworth.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlacePotterhanworth
Traditional CountyLincolnshire
District / BoroughNorth Kesteven
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.182900
Longitude-0.422910
Place TypeVillage

About Potterhanworth

Potterhanworth holds the quiet character of the Lincolnshire limestone ridge, where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened by the clutter of modern industry. It lies 6.0 miles south-east of Lincoln (from Lincoln: bearing 127°T, OS grid TF 054 662), and is situated north of Nocton village. The light here has a particular clarity, turning the local stone to a pale, honeyed warmth as the sun sinks toward the low-lying fens. Residents often gather upon the Village Green, a small patch of manicured grass that serves as the social anchor for Potterhanworth. Beyond the domestic gardens, the landscape shifts toward the dense, tangled biodiversity of the Potterhanworth Wood Sssi, where thirty-three hectares of ancient growth shelter shy woodland creatures. History leaves a quieter footprint here, marked by the faint, earthwork shadows of the Moated Site 325M South East Of Branston Lodge, which suggests a medieval past hidden in the flat, productive fields. These surroundings remain defined by the heavy, rich soil that has long dictated the rhythm of life for those who work the land. The stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the distant, rhythmic lowing of cattle or the sudden, sharp cry of a bird circling above the open, expansive sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Village Green (Park) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
  • Potterhanworth Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 074° ENE · 33 ha
  • Moated Site 325M South East Of Branston Lodge (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 025° NNE
  • Abbey Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 124° ESE
  • Nocton Park Priory On Abbey Hill, 750M North East Of Nocton Wood Houses (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 124° SE · 3 ha
  • Old Field Pump (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 170° S
  • The Jungle Conservation Area (Park) — 2.2 mi, 295° WNW
  • Nocton Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.3 mi, 131° SE
  • Car Dyke In Nocton Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 123° ESE · 8 ha
  • Metheringham Heath Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.9 mi, 181° S · 13 ha
  • The Mere (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 256° WSW
  • Branston Causeway Drain (River) — 3.1 mi, 062° ENE
  • Chapel Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.2 mi, 259° W
  • Silkholmes Drain (River) — 3.3 mi, 019° NNE
  • Five Mile End (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 005° N
  • Wavey Bench (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 356° N
  • Waddington Aircraft Viewing Enclosure (WAVE) (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 263° W
  • Horsley Deeps (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.9 mi, 055° NE
  • RAF Waddington Heritage Centre (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 263° W
  • Green Man Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.7 mi, 210° SSW
  • Chadwick Centre (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 296° WNW
  • Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 146° SE
  • Lincoln Arboretum (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.4 mi, 308° NW · 6 ha
  • PlayZone (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 297° WNW
  • Gate Pier (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 041° NE
  • Abbey Fish Ponds (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 079° E
  • Empowerment (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 303° WNW
  • Pottergate (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 307° NW
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.8 mi, 287° WNW
  • Lincoln Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 306° NW

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About This Potterhanworth Map Page

Explore Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.182900, -0.422910. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.