Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: South Oxfordshire · Region: South East
Explore Sonning Common, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sonning Common 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 | Sonning Common |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | South Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.517367 |
| Longitude | -0.981253 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sonning Common reveals itself as a high-ground plateau, a place where the Chilterns soften into a reliable, working landscape of brick and flint. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Henley-on-Thames (from Henley-on-Thames: bearing 247°T, OS grid SU 707 803), and is situated north-east of Kidmore End village. The air here holds a distinct crispness, drifting across the open spaces of Memorial Park where the wind seems to catch the edges of the afternoon light. Broad roads radiate from the centre, framed by modest houses that reflect the steady, unpretentious expansion of a twentieth-century growth. To the east, the quiet descent into Stony Bottom offers a glimpse of the deeper, older folds of the Oxfordshire earth, shielded from the steady hum of modern transit. The geography of Sonning Common acts as a bridge between the dense, ancient woodland of the north and the river-valley bustle toward the Thames. Residents walk paths that have long served as conduits for the local trade, moving with the measured gait of those who live between the forest and the field. It is a place defined by its elevation, where the sky feels a little wider and the horizon remains a constant, grounding companion to the daily life of the streets.
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Explore Sonning Common, 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: 51.517367, -0.981253. 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. |