Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore West Kennett, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Kennett 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 Kennett |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.414160 |
| Longitude | -1.840889 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Kennett’s quiet presence is felt as a gentle ripple on the Wiltshire landscape. It lies 7.8 km west of Marlborough (from Marlborough: bearing 264°T, OS grid SU 111 683), and is situated north-west of East Kennett village. The broad, chalky downs that cradle West Kennett give the air a certain clarity, a luminous quality that seems to catch the very essence of the land. Fields, meticulously ordered and stretching towards horizons softened by distance, speak of generations of patient cultivation, their green hues deepening or bleaching under the sun’s changing moods. A sense of enduring quietude pervades West Kennett, a feeling not of emptiness, but of a profound stillness that has settled over the fields and farmsteads like fine dust.
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Explore West Kennett, 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: 51.414160, -1.840889. 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. |