(Suburban Area near Drayton)
Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Cherwell · Region: South East
Explore Hardwick, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hardwick 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 | Hardwick |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Cherwell |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.076834 |
| Longitude | -1.357680 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hardwick, a quiet settlement in Oxfordshire's Cherwell district, offers a serene perspective on the English countryside. It lies 2.3 km north-west of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 315°T, OS grid SP 441 422), and is situated east-north-east of Drayton village. The fields surrounding Hardwick, often bathed in the soft, diffused light of the South East, possess a gentle, yielding quality, reminiscent of worn velvet. Though it lacks grand monuments, the simple dignity of its agricultural past is evident in the sturdy, stone-built farmhouses that dot the landscape, their windows reflecting the ever-changing sky. The air here carries a subtle scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a quiet testament to generations of life tied to the land. Life in Hardwick unfolds at a pace that allows for contemplation, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday activity.
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Explore Hardwick, 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: 52.076834, -1.357680. 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. |