Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Tewkesbury · Region: South West
Explore Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Witcombe 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 | Great Witcombe |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Tewkesbury |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.831353 |
| Longitude | -2.131428 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Witcombe occupies a quiet, sloping fold of the Cotswolds where the light catches the limestone walls with a pale, brittle clarity. It lies 4.1 miles north-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 41°T, OS grid SO 910 147), and is situated south of Little Witcombe village. The horizon here is dominated by the dense, brooding canopy of Witcombe Wood, which pulls the damp air of the valley into its dark interior. Beneath the soil, the remnants of the Great Witcombe Romano-British Villa endure as silent, stone-wrought ghosts of a more industrious imperial age. Water remains a defining force, as the nearby Witcombe Reservoirs mirror the shifting clouds in a vast, glassy expanse that serves as a modern anchor to the ancient topography. These reservoirs provide a stark, artificial stillness that contrasts with the restless energy of the land’s natural contours. Great Witcombe retains a singular composure, defined more by the weight of its geology and the persistence of its hidden ruins than by the passing of human centuries.
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Explore Great Witcombe, 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: 51.831353, -2.131428. 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. |