Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Compton, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Compton 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 | Compton |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.267757 |
| Longitude | -1.810907 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Compton lies quiet, a scattering of houses breathing in the chalk downland air. It lies 10.6 km west-north-west of Tidworth (from Tidworth: bearing 286°T, OS grid SU 132 520), and is situated north-west of Enford village. Fields of barley, pale gold under a vast, luminous sky, stretch out towards the horizon, a landscape shaped by centuries of patient husbandry. The flint walls of its older cottages seem to absorb the very light of the afternoon, giving them a warm, honeyed glow. A small church, its stone weathered by countless seasons, stands as a silent sentinel, its spire a slender finger pointing towards the heavens. The quietude of Compton is not empty but full, a deep resonance of the earth and the enduring presence of those who have called it home.
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Explore Compton, 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: 51.267757, -1.810907. 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. |