Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Gloucester · Region: South West
Explore Podsmead, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Podsmead 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 | Podsmead |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Gloucester |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.838258 |
| Longitude | -2.256877 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Podsmead, a quiet suburban expanse, breathes a gentle rhythm on the western edge of Gloucestershire. It lies 3.0 km south-south-west of Gloucester (from Gloucester: bearing 193°T, OS grid SO 823 155). The land here slopes with a subtle inclination towards the River Severn, a proximity that lends a certain softness to the air, even on the crispest of days. Within its unassuming borders, Podsmead has cultivated a character of settled domesticity, a place where the evening light lingers a moment longer on its neat rows of houses. Though not marked by grand edifices or ancient ruins, its greens, modest though they are, offer small pockets of communal calm, where the murmur of everyday life can be heard against the rustle of leaves.
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Explore Podsmead, 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: 51.838258, -2.256877. 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. |