Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: North Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Banwell, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Banwell 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 Banwell, Gloucestershire, 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 | Banwell |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| Unitary Authority | North Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.327384 |
| Longitude | -2.864092 |
| Place Type | Village |
Banwell holds a quiet gravity, its limestone foundations anchored firmly against the rising slopes of the Mendip Hills. It lies 3.4 miles north-west of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 324°T, OS grid ST 398 590), and is situated west-south-west of Sandford village. Pale light often clings to the ancient masonry of the Romano-British Villa, Banwell, where the earth still guards the ghosts of a distant, orderly past. Beyond the houses, the terrain lifts toward the limestone outcrops of Banwell Hill, a ridge that catches the first amber flares of the morning sun. The air here carries a distinct, mineral sharpness, drifting down from the hidden depths of the Banwell Ochre Caves Sssi where iron-rich waters once stained the subterranean dark. Life in Banwell follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding fields, undisturbed by the hurried clamour of modern thoroughfares. Time seems to gather in the hollows of the landscape, leaving a silence that is broken only by the sharp, metallic call of a jackdaw or the rustle of wind through the high hedges. These limestone reaches offer a vantage point over a plain that stretches toward the Severn, holding the weight of centuries in every weathered crevice of the ground.
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Explore Banwell, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.327384, -2.864092. 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 | August 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. |