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Elkstone Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West

Explore Elkstone, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Elkstone 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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PlaceElkstone
Traditional CountyGloucestershire
District / BoroughCotswold
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.812698
Longitude-2.046603
Place TypeVillage

About Elkstone

Elkstone commands the high, windswept limestone plateaus of the Cotswolds with a stoic, grey-stoned resilience. It lies 6.2 miles south-south-east of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 168°T, OS grid SO 968 126), and is situated south-south-east of Cowley village. This elevation grants Elkstone a clarity of light that sharpens the edges of its drystone walls against the vast, shifting sky of the South West. To the north, the slopes of Bubb's Hill rise like a silent sentinel, watching over the deep, verdant crease of Harcombe Bottom where the shadows gather early. The Church of St John the Evangelist serves as the soul of the place, its Norman architecture possessing a rugged, fortress-like gravity that defies the erosion of centuries. Below the parish, the damp, rich earth of the Cockleford Marsh Sssi provides a stark, bristling contrast to the parched, stony fields that define the wider agricultural horizon. Elkstone remains a place of profound stillness, where the wind carries the scent of crushed clover and the distant, metallic chime of a tractor working the stubborn, flinty soil. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons across the open, exposed expanse of the Gloucestershire hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bubb's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 004° N
  • Cockleford Marsh Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.7 mi, 058° ENE · 3 ha
  • Round Barrow 830M North East Of Combend Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 152° SSE
  • Cowley Manor (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.0 mi, 348° NNW · 61 ha
  • Harcombe Bottom (Valley) — 1.1 mi, 316° NW
  • Brimpsfield Castle Mound (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 271° W
  • Coberley Roman Villa (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 359° N · 10 ha
  • Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.6 mi, 285° WNW · 1 ha
  • Pen Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 097° E
  • The Brimpsfield Telephone Kiosk (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 270° W
  • Hilcot Brook (River) — 2.4 mi, 068° ENE
  • Hilcot Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.5 mi, 028° NNE
  • Misarden Park Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 214° SSW
  • Miserden Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.7 mi, 214° SW · 98 ha
  • Bull Banks Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 208° SSW
  • Barrow Wake (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 307° NW
  • Crickley Hill Country Park (Park) — 3.3 mi, 315° NW
  • Buckle Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 277° W
  • The Cheltenham Escarpment (National Nature Reserve) — 3.5 mi, 346° NNW · 60 ha
  • Ullenwood Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 325° NW
  • Devil's Table (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 308° NW
  • Devil's Chimney (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 339° NNW
  • Foreman's Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 342° NNW
  • Forest Sessions (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 056° NE
  • The Cave (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 056° NE
  • Lilley Brook (River) — 4.1 mi, 357° N
  • Cerney House Gardens (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 137° SE
  • Urrist Barn (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Great Witcombe Roman Villa (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 283° WNW
  • Dowdeswell Court (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.5 mi, 028° NNE · 45 ha

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About This Elkstone Map Page

Explore Elkstone, 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: 51.812698, -2.046603. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.