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Idstone Oxfordshire Map

Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Vale of White Horse · Region: South East

Explore Idstone, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Idstone 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.

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PlaceIdstone
Traditional CountyOxfordshire
District / BoroughVale of White Horse
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.556477
Longitude-1.629500
Place TypeHamlet

About Idstone

Idstone retains a quiet, stoic presence where the chalky foothills of the North Wessex Downs yield to the expansive clay of the Vale. It lies 6.2 miles south-east of Highworth (from Highworth: bearing 145°T, OS grid SU 257 842), and is situated south-west of Ashbury village. Ancient tracks and field boundaries carve the earth here, tracing lines that have remained largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of modern transit. To the east, the hollows of Kingstone Coombes catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that sharpen the contours of the rolling turf. Waters from the Lertwell Brook flow steadily northward, threading through the landscape like a silver vein that feeds the moisture-rich soil. Idstone remains anchored by its proximity to these deep, prehistoric markers, where the earth seems to hold the memory of past inhabitants within its limestone marrow. The horizon is dominated by the rising bulk of Tower Hill, providing a silent, elevated vantage point over the patchwork of fields that define the local agricultural character. Here, the air carries a crisp, elemental clarity, unburdened by the clamour of larger centres and defined instead by the subtle shift of the seasons across the open downland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kingstone Coombes (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 062° ENE
  • Lertwell Brook (River) — 1.0 mi, 351° N
  • Lynchets 850M West Of Ridgeway Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 217° SW · 4 ha
  • Tanner's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 000° N
  • Kingstone Brook (River) — 1.5 mi, 353° N
  • Wayland'S Smithy Chambered Long Barrow, Including An Earlier Barrow And Iron Age And Roman Boundary Ditches (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 066° ENE
  • Roman Villa 630M South West Of Starveall Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 176° S · 4 ha
  • Tower Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.8 mi, 105° ESE
  • Charlbury Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.8 mi, 221° SW
  • The Coombs, Hinton Parva Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 241° WSW · 16 ha
  • Ashdown Park Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 130° SE · 9 ha
  • Compton Beauchamp (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.2 mi, 042° NE · 4 ha
  • Russley Park (Park) — 2.5 mi, 166° SSE
  • Uffington Castle (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 064° ENE
  • The White Horse (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 061° ENE
  • Old Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 045° NE
  • Wanborough Marsh (Wetland) — 3.4 mi, 265° W
  • Royal Army Chaplains' Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 349° NNW
  • Historical Watchfield (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 350° N
  • Mayow's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 014° NNE
  • The Green (Park) — 4.1 mi, 160° SSE
  • Tom Brown's School Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 042° NE
  • Roves Farm Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 314° NW
  • The Blowing Stone (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 067° ENE
  • The Plough Horse (Public Artwork) — 4.5 mi, 290° WNW
  • Richard Jefferies Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 261° W
  • Chiseldon Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 238° WSW
  • Aldbourne Heritage Centre (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 176° S
  • Holy Rood Church (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 267° W
  • Wyvern Theatre (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 272° W

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About This Idstone Map Page

Explore Idstone, 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: 51.556477, -1.629500. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.