Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Rivar, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rivar 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 Rivar, 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 | Rivar |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.353671 |
| Longitude | -1.544874 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rivar emerges as a quiet collection of dwellings where the chalky earth of Wiltshire holds the memory of ancient footsteps. It lies 4.4 miles south-south-west of Hungerford (from Hungerford: bearing 197°T, OS grid SU 317 617), and is situated south-south-east of Shalbourne village. The landscape rises sharply toward the horizon, where the grass of Rivar Hill catches the pale, slanted light of late afternoon. Beneath the soil, the silence of the past remains undisturbed, marked only by the weathered earthwork of the Bowl Barrow on Rivar Down. Agriculture defines the rhythm of life here, as the seasons dictate the changing colours of the fields that stretch toward the horizon. The air carries a crisp, thin clarity, often scented by the damp earth and the distant, cooling presence of the water at Buttermere Pond. Rivar remains a place where the modern world feels like a distant rumour, muffled by the weight of the rolling, chalk-fed topography. Few visitors disturb these lanes, leaving the passage of time to be measured by the slow rotation of the sun across the open, expansive sky.
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Explore Rivar, 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: 51.353671, -1.544874. 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. |