Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore High Woolaston, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Woolaston 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 | High Woolaston |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.692315 |
| Longitude | -2.609889 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
High Woolaston rests upon the ancient Forest of Dean, a place where the trees seem to hold secrets whispered on the breeze. It lies 6.6 km south-west of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 235°T, OS grid ST 579 994), and is situated west-south-west of Woolaston village. The air here carries a peculiar stillness, broken only by the rustle of leaves and the distant bleating of sheep, a quietude that has surely comforted generations. Though small, High Woolaston possesses a subtle charm, a sense that its stones and soil have witnessed the slow, deliberate turning of years, much like the slow growth of the oaks that surround it. The light, when it breaks through the canopy, often falls in shafts of gold, illuminating the damp earth and the gnarled roots of trees that have stood sentinel for centuries. One might imagine old farmers, their faces etched like the bark of the trees, pausing here to survey their land, a continuity of quiet observation binding them to this particular patch of Gloucestershire.
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Explore High Woolaston, 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: 51.692315, -2.609889. 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. |