Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: West Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Briar Hill, Northamptonshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Briar Hill 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 | Briar Hill |
| Traditional County | Northamptonshire |
| Unitary Authority | West Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.224263 |
| Longitude | -0.916275 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Briar Hill presents a quiet face to the world, a collection of homes that have settled into the gentle contours of the Northamptonshire landscape. It lies 2.1 km south-west of Northampton (from Northampton: bearing 224°T, OS grid SP 741 590). The fields surrounding Briar Hill, often a patchwork of ripening wheat or newly turned earth, catch the afternoon sun in a way that softens the edges of the suburban sprawl. Paths wind through the residential streets, bordered by hedges that, in late spring, bloom with the unassuming beauty of hawthorn. A sense of easy familiarity permeates Briar Hill, a place where the distant hum of the larger town is a constant, yet not intrusive, presence. The very air seems to carry a faint, earthy scent from the agricultural land that still presses close, a reminder of the countryside's enduring hold.
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Explore Briar Hill, Northamptonshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.224263, -0.916275. 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. |