Traditional county: Wiltshire · Unitary authority: Swindon · Region: South West
Explore Okus, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Okus 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 | Okus |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Unitary Authority | Swindon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.546547 |
| Longitude | -1.792190 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Okus reveals itself through a high, limestone-rich ridge that rises abruptly above the surrounding Swindon plains. It lies 1.1 miles south-south-west of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 196°T, OS grid SU 145 830), and is situated north-north-west of Wroughton village. The geology of Okus is dominated by the dramatic scar of the Okus Quarry SSSI, where ancient marine fossils lie locked in the pale, weathered rock faces. This industrial ghost remains a quiet sanctuary, its sheer cliffs reflecting a pale, brittle light that shifts as the clouds drift over the Wiltshire horizon. Nearby, the Quarry Wildlife Garden thrives in the hollows of former workings, offering a tangle of scrub and wildflower that softens the jagged edges of the earth. The air here carries a sharp, mineral clarity, distinct from the suburban sprawl that encroaches from the lower ground. Paths wind through the remnants of these old excavations, tracing the contours of a landscape once hollowed out by the extraction of building stone. Okus holds the memory of this labour in its uneven ground, where nature has reclaimed the debris of Victorian enterprise with persistent, green fingers.
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Explore Okus, 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: 51.546547, -1.792190. 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. |