Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Vale of White Horse · Region: South East
Explore Henwood, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Henwood 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 Henwood, 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 | Henwood |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Vale of White Horse |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.716455 |
| Longitude | -1.320399 |
| Place Type | Village |
Henwood emerges from the quiet geography of the Vale of White Horse as a place of singular, understated composure. It lies 3.6 miles north-north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames (from Abingdon-on-Thames: bearing 332°T, OS grid SP 470 021), and is situated north-north-west of Wootton village. This geography is defined by the heavy, lime-rich earth that sustains the surrounding woodland and the quiet lanes that trace the contours of the rising ground. To the east, the high, wooded slopes of Boars Hill draw the eye upward, acting as a green sentinel that guards the horizon against the encroaching sprawl. The atmosphere here is shaped by the lingering humidity of the nearby Cumnor Sssi, where the damp, shaded earth supports a fragile, ancient ecosystem of moss and fern. Sunlight often catches the limestone walls of the older dwellings in Henwood, turning the stone a pale, honeyed hue in the late afternoon. The landscape remains largely reclaimed by the slow, persistent growth of trees and thickets, creating a sense of solitude that has long defined the character of the site. Such isolation allows for an intimacy with the local weather, where mist rolls in from the low-lying plains to cling to the hedgerows. Henwood persists as a quiet pause in the landscape, indifferent to the busier thoroughfares that define the wider county.
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Explore Henwood, 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: 51.716455, -1.320399. 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. |