Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Rushcliffe · Region: East Midlands
Explore Car Colston, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Car Colston 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 Car Colston, Nottinghamshire, 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 | Car Colston |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Rushcliffe |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.977785 |
| Longitude | -0.930166 |
| Place Type | Village |
Car Colston endures as a quiet anchor of the Nottinghamshire landscape, defined by its expansive central common and an atmosphere of deliberate stillness. It lies 2.1 miles north-north-east of Bingham (from Bingham: bearing 27°T, OS grid SK 719 428), and is situated south-west of Screveton village. The Large Green serves as the heart of Car Colston, an open expanse of grass that preserves the ancient layout of the land against the encroaching silence of the fields. To the south, the earth holds the ghost of a Romano-British villa, where fishponds and manorial foundations remain sunken into the turf like forgotten thoughts. The light here seems to linger longer on the low ridges, illuminating the subtle gradients that lead toward the gentle rise of Car Hill. Walking the perimeter of the common, one feels the weight of centuries pressing into the clay, a history written in the simple geometry of ditches and mounds. The proximity of the landscape to the Roman Station at Margidunum suggests a deep, continuous human familiarity with this particular stretch of terrain. Even the wind carries a distinct, cool clarity as it moves across the open spaces, suggesting a geography that has resisted the frantic pace of modern expansion.
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Explore Car Colston, Nottinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.977785, -0.930166. 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. |