Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Stroud · Region: South West
Explore Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sheepscombe 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 Sheepscombe, 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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| Place | Sheepscombe |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Stroud |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.791607 |
| Longitude | -2.157904 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sheepscombe emerges from the limestone folds of the Cotswolds, a singular collection of dwellings clinging to the steep flanks of a verdant valley. It lies 1.6 miles east-north-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 76°T, OS grid SO 892 103), and is situated north-east of Longridge village. The entire geography of Sheepscombe falls within the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods SSSI, where the thin, pale soil encourages a diverse botanical life that shifts in colour with the passing seasons. To the north, the slopes of Saltridge Hill catch the morning sun, casting long, deliberate shadows across the dry-stone walls that divide the fields into irregular geometries. The local architecture relies heavily on the golden-hued oolitic limestone, a material that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after the light has retreated from the valley floor. For generations, the inhabitants have maintained a quiet autonomy, their lives shaped by the rugged, uneven topography that discourages hurried movement. Sheepscombe remains a place where the stillness is punctuated only by the seasonal rhythms of the land and the distant, persistent trickle of water carving through the surrounding limestone.
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Explore Sheepscombe, 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: 51.791607, -2.157904. 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. |