Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore West Grimstead, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Grimstead 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 | West Grimstead |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.040960 |
| Longitude | -1.702302 |
| Place Type | Village |
West Grimstead rests in a gentle cradle of Wiltshire land. It lies 7.3 km east-south-east of Salisbury (from Salisbury: bearing 116°T, OS grid SU 209 268), and is situated east-north-east of Whaddon village. The very air here seems to hold the soft bloom of chalk downland, a whisper of ancient earth that has felt the tread of generations. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, trace the quiet lanes that meander through West Grimstead, their branches often catching the low, honeyed light of afternoon. The fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, roll away towards the horizon, suggesting a continuity of farming that has shaped this place for centuries. In the heart of West Grimstead, the parish church, St. George's, stands as a quiet sentinel, its stone softened by the passage of countless years, a place where the echoes of village life still seem to resonate.
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Explore West Grimstead, 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: 51.040960, -1.702302. 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. |