Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: North Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Lower Failand, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Failand 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lower Failand, Gloucestershire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Lower Failand |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| Unitary Authority | North Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.458520 |
| Longitude | -2.699819 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lower Failand carries the quiet composure of a place where the limestone bedrock keeps its own counsel beneath the rolling fields of North Somerset. It lies 3.1 miles north-east of Nailsea (from Nailsea: bearing 55°T, OS grid ST 514 735), and is situated north-north-west of Failand village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from high ground to the deeper shadows of the countryside, where the air often holds a silver clarity. To the west, the slopes of Windmill Hill rise to catch the early morning sun, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the hedgerows toward the lower pastures. Water finds its way through the terrain via the winding course of Markham Brook, which hums with a persistent, cold energy as it navigates the nearby depressions. Lower Failand maintains a singular character, distanced from the clamour of modern thoroughfares by the stubborn persistence of its ancient field boundaries. These lanes are hemmed in by dry-stone walls, their surfaces lichen-spotted and grey, marking the passage of centuries in a language of weathered rock. The light in this corner of the world possesses a particular quality, filtering through the canopy of mature elms and oaks to dapple the lanes with patterns that seem to shift in time with the breeze.
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Explore Lower Failand, 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: 51.458520, -2.699819. 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. |