(Suburban Area near East Challow)
Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Vale of White Horse · Region: South East
Explore Townsend, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Townsend 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 | Townsend |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Vale of White Horse |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.588502 |
| Longitude | -1.453777 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Townsend exhales a quiet dignity, a small constellation of houses gathered under the vast Oxfordshire sky. It lies 1.9 km west of Wantage (from Wantage: bearing 271°T, OS grid SU 379 878), and is situated south-west of East Challow village. The gentle slopes that embrace Townsend catch the morning light with a tender, honeyed glow, hinting at the ancient fields that have yielded their bounty for generations. Though small, Townsend possesses a certain enduring character, a feeling of settled permanence that whispers of lives lived in quiet contemplation and steady labour. The hedgerows here, thick with hawthorn and wild rose, seem to hold the very breath of the countryside, a subtle perfume carried on the infrequent breeze.
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Explore Townsend, 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: 51.588502, -1.453777. 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. |