Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore The Heath, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Heath 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 The Heath, 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 | The Heath |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.974304 |
| Longitude | -2.342702 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Heath emerges from the quiet, rolling topography of the Gloucestershire countryside as a modest collection of dwellings defined by the patient pace of agricultural life. It lies 4.0 miles north-east of Newent (from Newent: bearing 42°T, OS grid SO 765 307), and is situated south-west of Lowbands village. This corner of the Forest of Dean district retains a singular atmosphere, where the low-slanting sun catches the damp earth of the hedgerows in the early morning, lending the fields a luminous, copper-toned clarity. A short distance to the west-north-west, the Moated Enclosure and Fishpond 370M North East Of Scar Cottage remain as silent, water-filled echoes of a medieval past that once engaged with this very soil. Beyond these vestiges, the land rises towards The Hill, a prominent landmark that commands the horizon and dictates the prevailing winds across the pastures. The Heath maintains a character forged by the interplay of heavy clay soils and the persistent, quiet labour of those who manage the surrounding acreage. Residents here observe the changing seasons not through grand spectacles, but through the subtle shift in the colour of the bracken and the thickening of the mist that drifts across the meadows. There is a permanence in the way the local lanes follow the contours of the terrain, offering a direct, unadorned connection to the geography of the South West.
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Explore The Heath, 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: 51.974304, -2.342702. 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. |