Townsend Wiltshire Map

About Townsend

Townsend breathes with the quiet dignity of Wiltshire countryside, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 5.9 km south-east of Devizes (from Devizes: bearing 140°T, OS grid SU 042 569), and is situated east-south-east of Urchfont village. The soft Wiltshire light, often a pale gold in the late afternoon, spills across the fields surrounding Townsend, lending a gentle warmth to the hedgerows and farmsteads. Fields of barley, ripe and ready, stretch towards the horizon, their stalks whispering secrets in the breeze that sweeps in from the Salisbury Plain. Though no grand abbey or castle dominates its skyline, the modest church of St. Andrew stands as a quiet sentinel, its stone weathered by centuries of devotion. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of well-tended soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats within Townsend.

About This Townsend Map Page

Explore Townsend, 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: 51.311820, -1.940711. 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.