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Hackthorn Wiltshire Map

Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West

Explore Hackthorn, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hackthorn 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.

Interactive Map of Hackthorn, Wiltshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hackthorn, Wiltshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceHackthorn
Traditional CountyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.204379
Longitude-1.782925
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Hackthorn

Hackthorn reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Wiltshire chalkland where the sky seems to hold a greater share of the horizon than the earth itself. It lies 2.2 miles north of Amesbury (from Amesbury: bearing 357°T, OS grid SU 152 450), and is situated north-north-west of Durrington village. Pale flint scatters through the soil of Hackthorn, glinting under a sun that bleaches the colour from the grasses during the height of midsummer. Only a short distance to the north, the earth bears the faint, circular ghost of the Knighton Farm Settlement and Moat, a reminder of those who worked this stubborn ground centuries before the modern age. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding downs and makes the distant, heavy silence of the landscape feel profound. Southward, the sprawling ancient significance of the Durrington Walls and Woodhenge monuments anchors the region to a deep, pre-Christian past that still dictates the rhythm of the local geography. Hackthorn remains defined by this intersection of prehistoric echoes and the expansive, open character of the Salisbury Plain. Farmers still turn the earth with a steady, mechanical patience, oblivious to the ancient shadows beneath their ploughs as they navigate the slopes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Knighton Farm Settlement And Moat (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 023° NNE · 2 ha
  • Milston Farm Enclosure, Possible Settlement Site (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 081° E
  • Henge Monuments At Durrington Walls And Woodhenge, A Round Barrow Cemetery, Two Additional Round Barrows And Four Settlements (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 188° S · 38 ha
  • BCAC Hanger (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 213° SSW
  • Knighton Down (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 276° W
  • Nine Mile River (River) — 1.6 mi, 113° ESE
  • bulford kiwi viewpoint (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 090° E
  • Folly Bottom (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 151° SSE
  • Amesbury Abbey (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.1 mi, 180° S · 56 ha
  • Amesbury Aviation Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 178° S
  • Amesbury History Centre (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 180° S
  • Stonehenge Landscape (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 225° SW
  • Gallows Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.3 mi, 187° S
  • Avon (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 144° SE
  • Retired Tank Monument (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 111° ESE
  • Stonehenge see for free (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 231° SW
  • Memorinal Cross (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 119° ESE
  • Corfe End Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 351° N
  • Stonehenge, Avebury And Associated Sites (World Heritage Site) — 2.9 mi, 214° SW · 52k acres
  • Brigmerston Firs (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 063° ENE
  • Stonehenge Exhibitions (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 247° WSW
  • Village Green (Park) — 4.0 mi, 197° SSW
  • Lake House (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.1 mi, 197° SSW · 26 ha
  • Wilbury Park (Park) — 4.9 mi, 120° ESE
  • Heale House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.6 mi, 196° SSW · 11 ha
  • Tidworth Garrison Theatre (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 065° ENE
  • Ashdown Copse (Forest / Woodland) — 5.8 mi, 077° ENE
  • River Till Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.9 mi, 245° WSW · 34 ha
  • Porton Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.9 mi, 161° SSE · 17 ha
  • Parsonage Down (National Nature Reserve) — 6.5 mi, 251° WSW · 276 ha

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About This Hackthorn Map Page

Explore Hackthorn, 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: 51.204379, -1.782925. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.