Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Old Wardour, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Wardour 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Old Wardour, 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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| Place | Old Wardour |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.036421 |
| Longitude | -2.089985 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Old Wardour commands a quiet corner of the Wiltshire landscape, where the air retains a distinctive, cool clarity peculiar to the chalk downlands. It lies 5.0 miles east-north-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 65°T, OS grid ST 937 263), and is situated south-east of Wardour village. The ruins of Old Wardour Castle dominate the immediate horizon, their hexagonal walls rising like a fractured crown above the surrounding greenery. A short distance away, the still surface of Creswell's Pond reflects the shifting grey-blue of the English sky, providing a mirror to the surrounding woodland. Beyond these waters, the land rises toward the wooded crest of Rebbeck's Hill, which serves as a natural bulwark against the prevailing winds. The Grade II* listed gardens, spanning hundreds of hectares, offer a sprawling expanse where nature and design have long since reached a melancholy equilibrium. Old Wardour remains defined by the skeletal elegance of its medieval masonry and the heavy, silent repose of its historic parkland. This peculiar stillness lends the site an atmosphere of detached observation, as if the landscape itself is waiting for a history long concluded to resume its course.
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Explore Old Wardour, 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: 51.036421, -2.089985. 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. |