Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Newark and Sherwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Laxton, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Laxton 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 Laxton, 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 | Laxton |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Newark and Sherwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.196056 |
| Longitude | -0.920939 |
| Place Type | Village |
Laxton preserves the rare, rhythmic pulse of an open-field farming system that has largely vanished from the rest of the English countryside. It lies 8.3 miles north of Southwell (from Southwell: bearing 10°T, OS grid SK 721 670), and is situated south-west of Egmanton village. The landscape around Laxton holds its history in the quiet geometry of ancient ridges and furrows, visible when the low winter sun casts long, melancholic shadows across the fields. Near the Church of St Michael, the medieval fishponds remain as shallow, grass-covered hollows that mirror the shifting clouds of the East Midlands. A short distance away, the ancient cross in the churchyard stands as a weathered sentinel, marking a time when faith and local governance were bound to the turning of the seasons. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the damp, sequestered expanse of Laxton Sykes SSSI offers a sanctuary for rare flora, flourishing in the undisturbed loam. The air here carries a particular stillness, a weight of continuity that defies the frantic pace of the modern world. Laxton remains a living archive, where the soil itself seems to remember the hands that worked it for centuries.
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Explore Laxton, 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: 53.196056, -0.920939. 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. |