Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West
Explore Upper Swell, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Swell 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 Swell |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cotswold |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.940340 |
| Longitude | -1.746490 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Upper Swell reveals itself as a quiet collection of limestone dwellings where the pale, honey-coloured stone catches the morning light with a particular, soft clarity. It lies 1.3 miles north-west of Stow-on-the-Wold (from Stow-on-the-Wold: bearing 305°T, OS grid SP 175 269), and is situated north of Lower Swell village. The landscape here is defined by an ancient, undulating topography, where the land rises toward the subtle rise of the Poleswood South Long Barrow, a silent sentinel of earth that has watched over the fields for millennia. A short distance to the north, the New Park Quarry exposes the geological bones of the region, offering a stark contrast to the verdant, rolling meadows that characterise the surrounding Cotswolds. Upper Swell maintains a character forged by the slow turning of seasons and the persistent, unforced gravity of its rural heritage. The River Dikler winds its way through the nearby valley floor, providing a constant, rhythmic presence that has shaped the drainage and movement of the local terrain over centuries. Residents of Upper Swell walk paths that have remained largely unchanged in their purpose, tracing lines across the countryside that connect the modern parish to the deep, resonant history of its ancestors.
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Explore Upper Swell, 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: 51.940340, -1.746490. 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. |