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.
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| 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 emerges from the verdant, sloping terrain of the Forest of Dean as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the rugged character of the surrounding woodland. It lies 4.3 miles 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. The geography here is defined by the Hudnalls SSSI, a site of ancient woodland that casts a deep, emerald shadow over the lanes, lending the air a perpetual scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. To the south-east, the rise of Cockshoot Hill breaks the horizon, its rounded silhouette providing a stark contrast to the dense canopy that envelops the local properties. A short distance to the west, the earth bears the ancient, subtle scar of the Offa’s Dyke earthwork, where the grass grows thick over the remnants of an old boundary. Lower Meend possesses a singular stillness, where the light filters through the high branches in thin, golden shafts that seem to pause upon the weathered stone walls. Even as the modern world turns elsewhere, the land maintains a somber, enduring weight that speaks of centuries of isolation. This quietude remains the true inheritance of those who reside where the forest meets the sky.
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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 | 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. |