Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire · Region: South West
Explore Lower Hamswell, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Hamswell 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 | Lower Hamswell |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| Unitary Authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.437582 |
| Longitude | -2.392214 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lower Hamswell reveals itself as a quiet cluster of stone and pasture, marking a singular point where the Cotswold escarpment begins to lose its steep resolve. It lies 4.0 miles north-north-west of Bath (from Bath: bearing 339°T, OS grid ST 728 710), and is situated south-west of Cold Ashton village. The light here possesses a peculiar, washed-out clarity, catching the pale limestone walls of the houses as if the buildings were reluctant to fully emerge from the chalky earth. To the west, the slopes of Freezing Hill rise with an indifferent majesty, their grassy flanks often swept by winds that seem to carry the cold memory of distant winters. Below the ridge, the landscape carries the heavy silence of the Battle of Lansdown, where the ghosts of 1643 are obscured by the modern indifference of grazing livestock. Lower Hamswell remains a place of limestone endurance, where the boundary between the cultivated fields and the wilder, scrub-covered heights is defined by drystone walls that crumble with a slow, deliberate grace. The earth here is thin and stony, demanding a patient stewardship from those who work the land, yet it rewards the observer with vistas that stretch toward the horizon in shades of muted grey and green. Time in Lower Hamswell does not march forward with urgency, but rather circles the gables and lanes, anchored by the ancient, unmoving weight of the surrounding hills.
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Explore Lower Hamswell, 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: 51.437582, -2.392214. 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. |