Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Vale of White Horse · Region: South East
Explore Childrey, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Childrey 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 Childrey, Oxfordshire, 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 | Childrey |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Vale of White Horse |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.585914 |
| Longitude | -1.479759 |
| Place Type | Village |
Childrey holds the quiet gravity of a place fashioned from the chalky bedrock of the Vale of White Horse. It lies 2.3 miles west of Wantage (from Wantage: bearing 266°T, OS grid SU 361 875), and is situated south-west of West Challow village. The light here catches the high, pale slopes of Windmill Hill, where the horizon seems to press closer against the sky than in the lowlands below. A spring-fed stream runs through the heart of Childrey, its water reflecting the ancient limestone walls of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin. To the south-west, the rise of Seven Acre Hill commands a watchful silence over the fields that have sustained the local agrarian life for generations. These slopes rise toward the high chalk escarpment, where the air grows thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp earth and crushed flint. Childrey remains a sanctuary of stubborn permanence, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world.
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Explore Childrey, 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: 51.585914, -1.479759. 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. |