Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Smitham Hill, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Smitham Hill 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 | Smitham Hill |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| Unitary Authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.291127 |
| Longitude | -2.633841 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Smitham Hill commands a quiet prominence over the Mendip landscape, where the earth rises to meet the shifting moods of the Somerset sky. It lies 5.7 miles north of Wells (from Wells: bearing 6°T, OS grid ST 558 548), and is situated south-west of East Harptree village. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality, refined by its elevation and the limestone bones of the plateau. To the north-east, the silent, moss-covered ruins of Richmont Castle stand as a stark reminder of medieval industry, where water management systems once directed the flow of local life. Below these remnants, the terrain dips into the verdant folds of Garrow Bottom, where the light gathers in the sheltered hollows during the late afternoon. Smitham Hill retains a sturdy, unassuming character, defined more by the rugged limestone outcrops than by the fleeting fashions of modern expansion. The surrounding slopes are etched with the subtle, enduring marks of past mining, a testament to a time when the ground was coaxed into yielding its mineral wealth. Here, the horizon is wide and unencumbered, allowing the eye to trace the long, rhythmic lines of the hills until they dissolve into the pale haze of the distance.
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Explore Smitham Hill, 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: 51.291127, -2.633841. 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. |