Shalbourne Wiltshire Map

About Shalbourne

Shalbourne, a quiet presence in Wiltshire, breathes with the slow exhalations of the downs. It lies 6.1 km south-south-west of Hungerford (from Hungerford: bearing 203°T, OS grid SU 313 628), and is situated west of Ham village. The chalky soil, yielding to the plough in long, pale furrows, whispers of generations who have worked this land, their lives measured by the turning seasons and the heft of the harvest. A stream, the Lambourn, traces a serpentine path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the vast, often luminous sky that stretches over this corner of the South West. The ancient church, St. Michael and All Angels, stands as a sentinel of stone, its flint walls bearing the quiet weight of centuries. Even the air here seems to hold a particular clarity, a gift from the open fields and the distant, rolling chalk hills.

About This Shalbourne Map Page

Explore Shalbourne, 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: 51.363945, -1.550877. 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.