Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: East Hampshire · Region: South East
Explore Chawton, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chawton 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.
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| Place | Chawton |
| Traditional County | Hampshire |
| District / Borough | East Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.132855 |
| Longitude | -0.989192 |
| Place Type | Village |
Chawton reveals itself through the low, slanted light that catches the flint and brickwork of its quiet lanes. It lies 1.2 miles south-south-west of Alton (from Alton: bearing 208°T, OS grid SU 708 375), and is situated south-east of Beech village. The landscape here is defined by the rolling chalk contours of the South Downs National Park, which lends a meditative stillness to the surrounding fields. Residents and visitors alike find a sense of continuity in the weathered timber of Jane Austen’s House Museum, where the air seems held in a permanent, literary suspension. A short distance away, the expansive grounds of Chawton House stretch across ninety-three hectares, their formal gardens offering a deliberate counterpoint to the wilder, unkempt edges of the nearby woodland. The seasonal pulse of the countryside is marked by the subtle shifts in the Lavant Stream, which carries the winter rains away from the chalk aquifer with a persistent, liquid murmur. Chawton retains a character formed by centuries of agricultural patience, where the shadows of ancient trees lengthen across the road as the evening settles. This geography of quietude invites a slow observation of the horizon, where the sky meets the earth in a pale, muted harmony.
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Explore Chawton, Hampshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.132855, -0.989192. 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 | September 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. |