Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Stroud · Region: South West
Explore Box, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Box 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.
| Place | Box |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Stroud |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.700852 |
| Longitude | -2.204180 |
| Place Type | Village |
Box, a hamlet in the Cotswolds, breathes the quiet air of Gloucestershire. It lies 1.3 km west-south-west of Minchinhampton (from Minchinhampton: bearing 248°T, OS grid SO 859 002), and is situated south-east of Amberley village. The rolling hills, softened by the passage of countless seasons, cradle this cluster of stone houses, their roofs a mosaic of weathered slate. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-mellow sky, catches the lichen on ancient walls, painting them in shades of emerald and ochre. Though small, Box possesses a timeless quality, a sense of continuity that whispers from its unassuming lanes and the gentle slope of its surrounding fields. The very earth here seems to hold a quiet, patient strength.
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Explore Box, 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: 51.700852, -2.204180. 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 | June 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. |