Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: South Oxfordshire · Region: South East
Explore Shirburn, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shirburn 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 Shirburn, 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 | Shirburn |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | South Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.656925 |
| Longitude | -0.991471 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shirburn emerges from the flat, verdant floor of the Oxfordshire plain as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate pace of the rural season. It lies 1.0 miles north-east of Watlington (from Watlington: bearing 38°T, OS grid SU 698 958), and is situated east of Pyrton village. The heavy, water-logged air of the lowlands here seems to hold the light in a suspended, golden amber, casting long shadows across the fields that remain indifferent to the passing of modern time. Dominating the immediate horizon, the moated grounds of Shirburn Castle offer a somber, grey silhouette against the sky, its historic parklands stretching out like a vast, private memory of an older England. Beyond the castle’s defensive perimeter, the land begins to rise toward the chalk ridges, where the slopes of Shirburn Hill Sssi provide a stark, pale contrast to the rich, dark soil of the valley floor. These calcareous grasslands support a fragile, specific flora that thrives in the thin, unforgiving earth, clinging to the hillsides with a stubborn, quiet tenacity. Shirburn maintains a delicate equilibrium between its agricultural heritage and the encroaching silence of the surrounding woodlands. The atmosphere remains thick with the scent of damp moss and woodsmoke, suggesting a place that prioritises the permanence of the ground beneath its feet over the fleeting distractions of the world beyond.
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Explore Shirburn, 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: 51.656925, -0.991471. 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. |