Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore The Purlieu, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Purlieu 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.
| Place | The Purlieu |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.747314 |
| Longitude | -2.493259 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Purlieu breathes the quiet air of the Forest of Dean, a collection of dwellings that seem to have settled naturally into the landscape. It lies 3.5 km north-east of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 48°T, OS grid SO 660 055), and is situated east-south-east of Oldcroft village. Here, the light filters through the ancient trees with a soft, diffused quality, casting long shadows across the lanes and illuminating the moss that clings to weathered stone walls. The land around The Purlieu is a gentle rise and fall, a familiar contour for those who know the ancient woodland intimately, hinting at the earth's quiet strength beneath. The occasional glimpse of a red kite circling overhead adds a wild grace to the scene.
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Explore The Purlieu, 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: 51.747314, -2.493259. 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 | June 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. |