Traditional county: Wiltshire · Unitary authority: Swindon · Region: South West
Explore Westlea, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Westlea 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 Westlea, 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 | Westlea |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Unitary Authority | Swindon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.562374 |
| Longitude | -1.826654 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Westlea emerges from the Wiltshire landscape as a deliberate arrangement of modern residential design, defined by its crisp geometry and managed green spaces. It lies 1.8 miles west of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 272°T, OS grid SU 121 848). The morning light catches the sharp lines of the architecture, casting long, orderly shadows across the paved cul-de-sacs that define the neighbourhood. Residents move between these quiet rows toward the nearby Shaw Ridge Linear Park, where the wilder, unkempt grasses offer a soft counterpoint to the rigid pavement. A short walk away, the bronze figure of Diana Dors stands as a reminder of the local connection to a silver-screen legacy, her presence grounding the modern thoroughfares in a specific human history. Below the surface of these suburban lawns, the earth holds older secrets, including the fragments of Roman pottery buried near Tewkesbury Cross that suggest a much deeper occupation of this soil. Westlea balances this quietude with the hum of the nearby transit routes, creating a space where the past remains buried beneath the convenience of the present. The air here carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby brooks, a reminder that the land was once defined by water before the developers staked their claims.
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Explore Westlea, 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: 51.562374, -1.826654. 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. |