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Southdown Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset · Region: South West

Explore Southdown, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Southdown 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.

Interactive Map of Southdown, Gloucestershire

How to Use This Southdown, Gloucestershire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Southdown, 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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PlaceSouthdown
Traditional CountyGloucestershire
Unitary AuthorityBath and North East Somerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.370180
Longitude-2.395244
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Southdown

Southdown rises as a robust residential expanse upon the elevated limestone ridges that define the western horizon of Bath. It lies 1.8 miles west-south-west of Bath (from Bath: bearing 241°T, OS grid ST 725 635), and is situated north-east of Englishcombe village. The incline of the terrain dictates the character of the streets, where the evening light catches the pale, honey-coloured stone of the houses with a clinical, almost luminous precision. To the immediate south, the slopes of Southdown and the neighbouring High Barrow Hill offer a vantage point that softens the transition between the urban edge and the deeper, rural folds of the county. Residents often walk the short distance to Bath City Farm, where the smell of damp earth and livestock provides a sensory anchor against the encroaching silence of the suburban evening. History here is quiet, marked less by grand monuments than by the enduring, subtle contours of the land itself. The layout of the streets reflects a mid-twentieth-century expansion, yet the geography retains an ancient, unyielding quality that ignores the modern grid. Southdown remains a place of transition, caught between the gravity of the nearby city and the persistent, slow-moving pulse of the surrounding countryside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Southdown (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 179° S
  • High Barrow Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 179° S
  • Bath City Farm (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 002° N
  • Hillcrest Open Space (Park) — 0.4 mi, 110° ESE
  • Padley Bottom (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 193° SSW
  • Culverhay Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 225° SW
  • Padleigh Brook (River) — 0.7 mi, 254° WSW
  • Weston Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 014° NNE
  • Part Of The Linear Boundary Known As The Wansdyke 285M North West Of Manor Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 241° WSW · 1 ha
  • Redland Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 338° NNW
  • Stothert & Pitt Crane (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 049° NE
  • Maid of the Bridge (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 043° NE
  • Newton St. Loe Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 330° NNW · 2 ha
  • Wansdyke: Section 1230Yds (1120M) Eastwards From Burnt House Inn (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 139° SE · 4 ha
  • City Of Bath (World Heritage Site) — 1.5 mi, 069° ENE · 29k acres
  • Herschel Museum of Astronomy (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 055° NE
  • Victoria Majority Monument (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 043° NE
  • Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 056° NE
  • The Cross Bath (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 063° ENE
  • Komedia (Theatre) — 1.6 mi, 061° ENE
  • The Egg (Theatre) — 1.6 mi, 060° ENE
  • Bath Medical Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 064° ENE
  • No.1 Royal Crescent Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 047° NE
  • Discovery Centre (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 064° ENE
  • The Pump Room (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 064° ENE
  • The Roman Baths (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 064° ENE
  • South Stoke Millenium Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 141° SE
  • East Gate (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 062° ENE
  • Newton Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.9 mi, 284° WNW · 186 ha
  • Parade Gardens, Bath (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.9 mi, 067° ENE · 1 ha

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About This Southdown Map Page

Explore Southdown, 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: 51.370180, -2.395244. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.