Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: South Oxfordshire · Region: South East
Explore Shiplake Cross, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shiplake Cross 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 | Shiplake Cross |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | South Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.500711 |
| Longitude | -0.901191 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shiplake Cross breathes a quiet dignity, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 4.1 km south of Henley-on-Thames (from Henley-on-Thames: bearing 177°T, OS grid SU 763 785), and is situated west-north-west of Shiplake village. The roads, like ancient veins, carry the gentle murmur of passing cars, their surfaces worn smooth by generations of travellers. Here, the Chiltern Hills rise and fall with a subtle grace, their wooded slopes a deep, verdant embrace under the often-grey English sky. Shiplake Cross is a place where the air itself carries the faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume of the countryside. The houses, solid and enduring, seem to have grown from the very soil, their brickwork a warm, earthy hue against the surrounding green.
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Explore Shiplake Cross, 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: 51.500711, -0.901191. 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. |