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Checkendon Oxfordshire Map

Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: South Oxfordshire · Region: South East

Explore Checkendon, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Checkendon 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.

Interactive Map of Checkendon, Oxfordshire

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PlaceCheckendon
Traditional CountyOxfordshire
District / BoroughSouth Oxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.544450
Longitude-1.040970
Place TypeVillage

About Checkendon

Checkendon exhales a quiet authority from its position high upon the chalky spine of the Chiltern Hills. It lies 5.3 miles south-east of Wallingford (from Wallingford: bearing 137°T, OS grid SU 666 832), and is situated west-south-west of Stoke Row village. Ancient woodland presses close to the flint-walled cottages, where the pale, granular light of the Oxfordshire plateau catches the lichen on old roofs. A short distance away, the dark, reflective surface of Lovegrove's Pond holds the stillness of the surrounding beech hangers, mirroring a sky that feels broader here than in the valleys below. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul anchors the landscape with its sturdy Norman arch, a silent witness to centuries of slow agricultural cycles. Beyond the lanes, the ground dips towards the hidden basin of Splashall Bottom, where the air grows heavy and cool in the late afternoon. Checkendon retains a stubborn, pastoral composure, indifferent to the hurried transit of the modern world. The local clay and flint have dictated the shape of the architecture, ensuring that every structure seems to rise naturally from the earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lovegrove's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.1 mi, 301° WNW
  • Court Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.2 mi, 226° SW
  • Wimblefield Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 261° W
  • The Nuba Survival (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 240° WSW
  • Splashall Bottom (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 100° E
  • Cocks Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 190° S
  • Maharajah's Well (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 060° ENE
  • Ishree Bagh (Park) — 1.1 mi, 064° ENE
  • Berins Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 311° NW
  • Berins Hill Bank Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 328° NNW · 2 ha
  • College Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.4 mi, 196° SSW
  • Warren Bank Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 335° NNW · 3 ha
  • Castle Grove Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 143° SE · 5 ha
  • Earthworks In Friarhampstead Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 218° SW
  • Mongewell Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 345° NNW
  • Grim'S Ditch: Section From The A4074 To 300M South-West Of Nuffield Church (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 342° NNW · 13 ha
  • Crashed Bomber Monumemt (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 327° NNW
  • Nuffield Place (National Trust) (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 017° NNE
  • Memorial Park (Park) — 3.0 mi, 133° SE
  • Old Brick Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 046° NE
  • Horse Wheel (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 090° E
  • Greys Court (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.7 mi, 089° E · 78 ha
  • Greys Court (National Trust) (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 089° E
  • Scraces Farm Stream (River) — 3.9 mi, 182° S
  • Statue of Pan (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 173° S
  • Beale Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.4 mi, 221° SW
  • St James Church, Bix Brand (Historic Ruins) — 4.4 mi, 059° ENE
  • The Great Hall (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 292° WNW
  • Purley Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.8 mi, 194° SSW · 51 ha
  • Hithercroft Ditch (River) — 4.9 mi, 302° WNW

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About This Checkendon Map Page

Explore Checkendon, Oxfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.544450, -1.040970. 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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.