Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Dauntsey Lock, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dauntsey Lock 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.
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| Place | Dauntsey Lock |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.520322 |
| Longitude | -2.007662 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Dauntsey Lock lingers in the quiet margins of Wiltshire where the land flattens toward the horizon in shades of pale ochre and slate. It lies 4.6 miles west-south-west of Royal Wootton Bassett (from Royal Wootton Bassett: bearing 252°T, OS grid ST 995 801), and is situated north-west of Bradenstoke village. A persistent dampness clings to the low-lying fields here, a reminder of the water that once defined the industrial pulse of this quiet intersection. To the south, the weathered stone of Bradenstoke Abbey stands as a hollow sentinel, its remnants watching over the earthworks that ripple across the fields like a frozen sea. The light at Dauntsey Lock possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, sharpening the edges of the hedgerows against the wide, indifferent sky. Nearby, the water of Bright's Reservoir holds a mirror to the clouds, reflecting a silence that has long outlasted the movement of heavy barges. Time here does not pass in grand gestures, but in the slow, seasonal reclamation of the banks by reed and willow. Dauntsey Lock remains a place where the modern world thins out, leaving only the weight of the soil and the memory of the canal.
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Explore Dauntsey Lock, 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: 51.520322, -2.007662. 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. |