Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Upper Common, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Common 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 | Upper Common |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.720196 |
| Longitude | -2.574378 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Upper Common reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Gloucestershire high ground, where the air holds the thin, sharp clarity of the Forest of Dean. It lies 1.9 miles west-south-west of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 257°T, OS grid SO 604 025), and is situated east-north-east of Clanna village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate tilt of the earth, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy blue of the Severn Vale. To the east, the slopes of West Hunger Hill rise like a slumbering beast, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips toward the horizon. The ground beneath Upper Common feels ancient and permeable, a porous limestone surface that drinks the rain and keeps its secrets hidden from the casual passerby. Nearby, the remnants of the Camp Hill Promontory Fort offer a silent, earthen anchor to a past that predates the orderly maps of today. In the quiet transition between the afternoon and the gloaming, the light takes on a bruised, pearlescent quality that makes the hedgerows appear as if they are etched in ink. Upper Common remains a place of profound stillness, where the wind carries only the distant, muted gossip of the trees.
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Explore Upper Common, 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: 51.720196, -2.574378. 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. |