Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Catcomb, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Catcomb 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 | Catcomb |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.488609 |
| Longitude | -1.987392 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Catcomb breathes a quiet presence in the Wiltshire landscape, its name a soft echo against the rolling chalk downs. It lies 5.8 km north-north-east of Calne (from Calne: bearing 12°T, OS grid SU 009 766), and is situated west-south-west of Goatacre village. The lanes that thread through Catcomb often carry a particular quality of light, a pearlescent sheen that seems to filter through the ancient elms and oaks. Here, the land falls away gently, hinting at the unseen watercourses that perhaps once powered small mills, their ghosts now whispered by the wind rustling through the fields. The very air in Catcomb seems to hold a certain stillness, a contemplative quietude that invites the observer to notice the small details – the weathered stone of a cottage wall, the determined bloom of a wild rose climbing a gate.
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Explore Catcomb, Wiltshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.488609, -1.987392. 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. |