Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swallowcliffe 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.
| Place | Swallowcliffe |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.043773 |
| Longitude | -2.050844 |
| Place Type | Village |
Swallowcliffe sleeps in a fold of Wiltshire's gentle chalk downs, a place where the sky seems to hold a particular, luminous calm. It lies 10.9 km east-north-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 68°T, OS grid ST 965 271), and is situated east-north-east of Ansty village. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of cultivated fields, a subtle perfume that mingles with the earthy dampness after a spring shower. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and rambling roses, trace the boundaries of fields that have been worked for generations, their green expanse a soothing balm to the eye. The quietude of Swallowcliffe is not an emptiness, but a fullness of the present moment, where the rustle of leaves and the distant bleating of sheep are the dominant sounds. Even the stone of its cottages seems to absorb the soft, diffused light of the South West, lending them a warm, aged glow.
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Explore Swallowcliffe, 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: 51.043773, -2.050844. 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 | June 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. |