Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Broxtowe · Region: East Midlands
Explore Chilwell, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chilwell 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 Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, 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 | Chilwell |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Broxtowe |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.916017 |
| Longitude | -1.235317 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Chilwell retains a distinctive character defined by its transition from historic agricultural roots to a modern, suburban presence in the Broxtowe district. It lies 1.1 miles south-west of Beeston (from Beeston: bearing 226°T, OS grid SK 515 356). The terrain here slopes gently toward the Trent Valley, where the heavy, alluvial soil once nourished the market gardens that sustained local tables. A quiet gravity anchors the landscape, particularly as one nears the remnants of ancient fishponds near St Mary’s Church, where the water holds the stillness of centuries. Beyond the residential avenues, the horizon widens toward the Attenborough Gravel Pits, a vast expanse of reed-fringed water that draws migratory birds across the Midland sky. Chilwell feels the pull of these wetlands, where the air often carries a damp, metallic scent of silt and moving water. The legacy of the former ordnance factory remains an invisible weight, a shift in the local pulse from wartime industry to the quiet domesticity of today. During the low, amber light of late afternoon, the brickwork of older cottages seems to deepen in colour, reflecting a resilience that has outlasted the changing tides of industry.
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Explore Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.916017, -1.235317. 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. |