Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Beachley, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Beachley 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 | Beachley |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.618144 |
| Longitude | -2.650347 |
| Place Type | Village |
Beachley occupies a slender, tide-swept peninsula where the River Wye yields its currents to the broad, silty expanse of the Severn Estuary. It lies 5.4 miles west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 276°T, OS grid ST 550 912), and is situated south-south-east of Sedbury village. The horizon here is dominated by the vast, muscular geometry of the Severn Bridge, which casts a long, rhythmic shadow over the salt-crusted earth. To the north, the ancient earthworks of Offa's Dyke offer a silent, grassy boundary that has watched the shifting waters for centuries. Beyond the tarmac, the landscape softens into the quiet, reed-fringed margins of Slimeroad Sand, where the light catches the incoming tide in flashes of hammered pewter. Beachley maintains a solitary, windswept character, defined more by the relentless push of the estuary than by the usual commerce of the mainland. Travelers might find the nearby Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury SSSI, a stark contrast to the industrial hum of the nearby crossing, offering a rare sanctuary for flora that thrives in these saline soils. The air here tastes of brine and open distance, grounding Beachley in a geography that feels perpetually in motion.
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Explore Beachley, 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: 51.618144, -2.650347. 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. |