Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: West Oxfordshire · Region: South East
Explore Holwell, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holwell 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 Holwell, 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 | Holwell |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | West Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.780222 |
| Longitude | -1.664736 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Holwell emerges from the limestone bedrock of West Oxfordshire like a slow, deliberate thought held by the earth itself. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Burford (from Burford: bearing 212°T, OS grid SP 232 091), and is situated south-east of Westwell village. Sunlight here catches the honey-coloured stone of the cottages, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields with the precision of a sundial. The landscape remains quiet, save for the occasional low murmur of animals drifting from the nearby Cotswold Wildlife Park, where the wild world sits in curious proximity to the quiet lanes. To the north-north-west, the Westwell Gorse SSSI preserves a fragment of ancient, scrubby vitality that has resisted the reach of the plough for generations. Each evening, the air cools rapidly, carrying a crisp, mineral scent that reminds one of the deep quarries from which the local masonry was hewn. Holwell holds its own rhythm, indifferent to the haste of the modern world, as if the very geology beneath the soil demands a slower pace of life. Time here is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual shifting of light across the drystone walls that partition the rolling pasture.
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Explore Holwell, 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: 51.780222, -1.664736. 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. |