Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Lower Meend, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Meend 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 Meend |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.734426 |
| Longitude | -2.647628 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lower Meend rests in the ancient embrace of Gloucestershire's Forest of Dean. It lies 6.9 km south-south-west of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 198°T, OS grid SO 553 041), and is situated west-south-west of St Briavels village. Here, the landscape gently slopes, a subtle terrain where ancient woodlands still hold sway, their canopy filtering the sunlight into shifting patterns upon the quiet lanes. A sense of enduring quietude pervades Lower Meend, a place where the memory of former industries, perhaps iron ore extraction or charcoal burning, seems to linger in the very air, a faint echo within the rustling leaves. The houses, often of local stone, seem to have grown organically from the earth, their roofs softened by moss and lichen, bearing witness to the patient passage of seasons.
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Explore Lower Meend, 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: 51.734426, -2.647628. 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. |