Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West
Explore Lower Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Dowdeswell 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 | Lower Dowdeswell |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cotswold |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.877379 |
| Longitude | -1.998980 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lower Dowdeswell rests in the gentle folds of Gloucestershire, a quiet testament to enduring rural life. It lies 5.9 km east-south-east of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 116°T, OS grid SP 001 198), and is situated south-west of Whittington village. The lanes here, often damp with the morning dew, wind past stone cottages that seem to absorb the very essence of the Cotswold light, a pale gold that softens the edges of the world. A sense of quiet cultivation pervades Lower Dowdeswell, evident in the neat gardens and the well-tended fields that stretch towards the horizon. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and distant hedgerows, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats within this small corner of England. Here, the passage of time feels less like a hurried march and more like the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons.
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Explore Lower Dowdeswell, 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: 51.877379, -1.998980. 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. |