Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: West Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Great Purston, Northamptonshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Purston 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Purston, Northamptonshire, 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.
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| Place | Great Purston |
| Traditional County | Northamptonshire |
| Unitary Authority | West Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.051457 |
| Longitude | -1.247271 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Purston emerges from the Northamptonshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings, shaped by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 3.7 miles east-south-east of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 101°T, OS grid SP 517 394), and is situated west of Farthinghoe village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the light of late afternoon catches the limestone walls, revealing a pale, sun-bleached texture that seems to absorb the very essence of the passing clouds. To the north, the slender, winding path of Thenford Brook marks the boundary of the low-lying fields, its water tracing a silver thread through the clay-heavy soil. Great Purston retains a modest, private character, far removed from the clamour of the nearby market towns that pulse with more restless energies. The horizon towards the east remains open, allowing the wind to sweep across the fallow ground with an unobstructed, rhythmic persistence. Even the distant, historic shadows of the Steane Medieval Village seem to press upon the consciousness of the landscape, grounding the modern day in the silent weight of what came before. Such places do not demand attention, yet they offer a profound sense of continuity to those who walk the narrow lanes between the hedgerows.
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Explore Great Purston, 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: 52.051457, -1.247271. 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 | August 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. |