Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: South Oxfordshire · Region: South East
Explore Adwell, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Adwell 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 Adwell, Oxfordshire, 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 | Adwell |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | South Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.690404 |
| Longitude | -0.994040 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Adwell remains a quiet pocket of Oxfordshire, where the horizon holds the weight of ancient, slow-turning earth. It lies 3.1 miles north of Watlington (from Watlington: bearing 9°T, OS grid SU 696 995), and is situated west-south-west of Postcombe village. To the southeast, the slopes of Adwell Cop rise like a dormant shoulder against the sky, gathering the low, pale light of the waning afternoon. The terrain here remembers the turn of the plough, with fields that stretch toward the shadows cast by the distant, stone-wrought mass of Shirburn Castle. Water moves with a secretive, metallic glint through the landscape, draining the heavy clay soils that define the character of Adwell. Every hedgerow seems to hold its breath, preserving a silence that is only broken by the sudden, sharp friction of wind against dry grass. Here, the geography is not merely a map, but a series of textures—the rough grit of the chalk and the damp, cool scent of the earth after rain. Adwell keeps its own time, measured by the lengthening of shadows and the steady, indifferent rotation of the seasons.
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Explore Adwell, Oxfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.690404, -0.994040. 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. |