Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Tewkesbury · Region: South West
Explore Southam, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Southam 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 Southam, 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 | Southam |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Tewkesbury |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.927945 |
| Longitude | -2.043029 |
| Place Type | Village |
Southam reveals its character through the limestone grit of its lanes and the quiet endurance of its stone walls. It lies 2.4 miles north-east of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 37°T, OS grid SO 971 254), and is situated north of Prestbury village. The landscape rises sharply to the east, where the slopes of Cleeve Common SSSI exert a gravitational pull on the horizon, drawing the eye toward the high, windswept limestone grasslands. Southam sits in the shadow of this geological transition, where the heavy clays of the Severn Vale meet the abrupt, rising escarpment of the Cotswolds. A short distance to the east, the earthwork on Cleeve Common remains as a faint, grassy scar, marking the efforts of ancient hands that once shaped this high ground. The light here often catches the pale, honey-coloured masonry of the older dwellings, turning them a sudden, brilliant white against the darkening clouds rolling in from the west. History feels less like a narrative and more like a physical presence, lingering in the stillness of the fields where the land has been worked for centuries. Even the air seems to hold a particular density, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling breath of the hills.
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Explore Southam, 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: 51.927945, -2.043029. 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. |