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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Box, 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 | Box |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Stroud |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.700852 |
| Longitude | -2.204180 |
| Place Type | Village |
Box reveals itself as a collection of limestone cottages clinging to the steep western slopes of the Cotswolds. It lies 0.8 miles west-south-west of Minchinhampton (from Minchinhampton: bearing 248°T, OS grid SO 859 002), and is situated south-east of Amberley village. The entire topography of Box remains defined by the sweeping, ancient grasses of Minchinhampton Common SSSI, which provides a vast, open horizon that catches the shifting light of the Severn Vale. Below these high, windswept pastures, the incline drops sharply towards the hidden, damp shadows of the Nailsworth Stream. Box maintains a quiet independence, its architecture reflecting the pale, honeyed hue of local oolitic stone that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after dusk. A short distance away, the quiet earth of the Box Farm Meadows SSSI sustains a fragile biodiversity that has persisted through centuries of agricultural change. There is an austerity to the landscape here, where the wind carries the clean, sharp scent of high ground, reminding any traveller that Box belongs as much to the sky as it does to the soil.
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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 | 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. |