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Horton Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire · Region: South West

Explore Horton, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horton 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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PlaceHorton
Traditional CountyGloucestershire
Unitary AuthoritySouth Gloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.559241
Longitude-2.354386
Place TypeVillage

About Horton

Horton maintains a stoic presence upon the limestone ridges of the Cotswolds, where the earth yields only to the patient tools of the plough. It lies 2.2 miles north-east of Chipping Sodbury (from Chipping Sodbury: bearing 49°T, OS grid ST 755 845), and is situated south-west of Hawkesbury Upton village. The light here has a cold, clarifying quality, falling sharply against the honey-coloured stone of Horton Court, a dwelling that has watched the seasons turn since the twelfth century. To the east, the earth rises toward the ancient earthworks of Horton Camp, where the wind carries the silence of centuries across the grass. Further north, the landscape softens as it nears the Little Avon River, which carves a modest path through the fields. Farmers in Horton continue to work the heavy clay, their lives dictated by the shifting temperament of the skies above the escarpment. The legacy of the land is etched into the very soil, where the remnants of a Roman villa testify to a time when these fields were already being tilled by hands long turned to dust. Such continuity gives the horizon a sense of permanence, anchoring the spirit against the restless drift of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Promontory Fort 375M South West Of Highfold Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 102° ESE · 4 ha
  • Horton Camp (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 094° E
  • Horton Court (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 066° ENE
  • Roman Villa Remains 290M South East Of Springfield Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 302° WNW · 2 ha
  • Birch Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 049° NE
  • Little Avon River (River) — 1.3 mi, 351° N
  • Large Multivallate Hillfort 230M South Of Cross Hands Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 162° SSE · 10 ha
  • Broad Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 039° NE
  • Bodkin Hazel Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 082° E · 11 ha
  • Hawkesbury Meadow Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 360° N · 3 ha
  • The Green (Park) — 1.9 mi, 182° S
  • Colt's Green (Park) — 2.0 mi, 203° SSW
  • Somerset Monument (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 028° NNE
  • Britton Bottom (Valley) — 2.3 mi, 062° ENE
  • Coopers Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 265° W
  • Tanhouse Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 277° W
  • Saltmoors Ditch (River) — 2.7 mi, 338° NNW
  • Yate Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 246° WSW
  • Badminton House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 2.9 mi, 089° E · 757 ha
  • Seven Mile Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 3.0 mi, 067° ENE
  • Clay Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 093° E
  • Dodington House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.0 mi, 178° S · 237 ha
  • WW2 Pillbox (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 317° NW
  • Mount House, Alderley (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.9 mi, 013° NNE
  • Acton Court (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 267° W
  • The Lake (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 326° NW
  • St Aldam's Well (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 214° SW
  • Wotton-under-Edge Heritage Centre (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 000° N
  • Electric Picture House (Cinema) — 5.4 mi, 000° N
  • South Terrace (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 016° NNE

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About This Horton Map Page

Explore Horton, 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: 51.559241, -2.354386. 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.