Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Vale of White Horse · Region: South East
Explore Watchfield, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Watchfield 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 | Watchfield |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Vale of White Horse |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.611289 |
| Longitude | -1.647207 |
| Place Type | Village |
Watchfield breathes the quiet air of Oxfordshire's Vale of White Horse, a place where fields stretch out like ancient thoughts. It lies 5.0 km east-south-east of Highworth (from Highworth: bearing 116°T, OS grid SU 245 903), and is situated north-north-east of Shrivenham village. The land here, a canvas of greens and golds under a wide sky, hints at the agricultural life that has shaped its character for centuries. Watchfield's presence feels rooted, solid, like the weathered stone of a distant barn. The roads that thread through it carry the muted hum of passing cars, a modern counterpoint to the enduring stillness of the surrounding countryside. There is a sense of quiet endurance about Watchfield, a resilience built into the very soil.
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Explore Watchfield, 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: 51.611289, -1.647207. 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. |