Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Ridge, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ridge 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 Ridge, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Gloucestershire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Ridge and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Ridge |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| Unitary Authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.302483 |
| Longitude | -2.643823 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ridge emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a modest hamlet defined by the austere beauty of the Mendip limestone. It lies 6.5 miles north of Wells (from Wells: bearing 1°T, OS grid ST 552 561), and is situated south-west of West Harptree village. The geography here is marked by a sudden, rugged intensity, where the earth drops away toward the deep, shadowed cleft of Harptree Combe Sssi. In the low light of evening, the limestone outcrops catch a pale, silvery hue that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding fields. Ridge remains a place where the memory of heavy industry lingers, evidenced by the remnants of the Compton Martin Ochre Mine Sssi that punctuate the western horizon. These hollows and rocky scars tell of a time when the soil was turned and sifted for its rich, earthen pigments. The air above Ridge holds a bracing clarity, carrying the scent of damp moss and the distant, shifting moods of the Mendip hills. Each stone wall bordering the narrow lanes acts as a silent ledger of the generations who laboured to tame this unyielding, beautiful ground.
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Explore Ridge, 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: 51.302483, -2.643823. 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. |