Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore The Common, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Common 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 The Common, 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 | The Common |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.565867 |
| Longitude | -1.961619 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Common persists as a modest collection of dwellings adrift in the quiet pastoral expanse of North Wiltshire. It lies 3.0 miles north-west of Royal Wootton Bassett (from Royal Wootton Bassett: bearing 305°T, OS grid SU 027 852), and is situated east of Stopper's Hill village. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, clay-rich soil that holds the memory of winter rains, long after the clouds have drifted toward the Severn Vale. To the north, the ancient timber of Somerford Common offers a dark, brooding contrast to the open fields that surround the houses. The water of Woodbridge Brook meanders through the lower meadows, its current sluggish and silver under a pale, wide sky. Residents observe the seasonal shifts in the light, which seems to linger longer over the flat pastures than it does in the crowded streets of the neighbouring market towns. These fields, once part of a larger agricultural mosaic, now provide a tranquil buffer against the encroaching pace of modern transit. The Common remains a place of singular, unadorned stillness, where the horizon is defined more by the movement of weather than by the hand of man.
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Explore The Common, 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: 51.565867, -1.961619. 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. |