Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Flaxley, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Flaxley 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 | Flaxley |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.833605 |
| Longitude | -2.447399 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Flaxley emerges from the limestone folds of the Gloucestershire landscape as a quiet assembly of stone and timber, defined by the slow persistence of its rural character. It lies 2.3 miles east-north-east of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 74°T, OS grid SO 692 150), and is situated north of Elton village. The Cistercian legacy of Flaxley Abbey remains a primary anchor for the geography here, where thirty-eight hectares of historic grounds soften the transition between the managed garden and the wilder slopes nearby. To the west, the steep rise of Chapel Hill casts a long, cooling shadow across the morning fields, dictating the patterns of light that sweep over the rooftops. The air carries a distinct, mineral sharpness, likely rising from the proximity of the Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting Sssi that marks the northern boundary of the local terrain. Ancient earthworks at the nearby Welshbury Hillfort suggest a deep, unspoken continuity, where the ridges of the earth have long served as vantage points for those watching the horizon. Flaxley retains an atmosphere of deliberate composure, where the rhythm of the seasons remains more compelling than the frantic passage of modern traffic. The surrounding woods often hold the morning mist until midday, blurring the lines between the cultivated edges of the hamlet and the untamed canopy of the wider Forest of Dean.
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Explore Flaxley, 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: 51.833605, -2.447399. 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. |