Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Great Wishford, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Wishford 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 | Great Wishford |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.118481 |
| Longitude | -1.886352 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Wishford rests upon the chalky floor of the Wylye Valley, where the river winds through the water-meadows with a persistent, silver clarity. It lies 2.8 miles north-north-west of Wilton (from Wilton: bearing 340°T, OS grid SU 080 354), and is situated west-south-west of Stoford village. A deep silence lingers over the flint-walled cottages, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic chime of the church bells of St Giles. To the west, the expansive canopy of Grovely Wood rises against the horizon like a dark, verdant wall, ancient and unyielding. The inhabitants of Great Wishford maintain a singular defiance of time through the Oak Apple Day custom, during which boughs are carried to Salisbury Cathedral to assert their historic rights to the woodland. Beyond the rooftops, the slopes of Ebsbury Hill catch the evening light, turning the dry grasses into a pale, flickering gold that seems to illuminate the very air. Great Wishford remains anchored by this rugged geography, where the earth provides both a foundation for stone walls and a silent record of human persistence.
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Explore Great Wishford, 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: 51.118481, -1.886352. 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. |