Whitecroft Gloucestershire Map

About Whitecroft

Whitecroft breathes with the quiet resilience of the Forest of Dean, its homes clustered like stones gathered by a slow-moving stream. It lies 3.4 km north-north-west of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 335°T, OS grid SO 619 062), and is situated west-south-west of Yorkley village. The air here, carrying the scent of damp earth and ancient trees, often catches the subtle, shifting light of the woodlands that hem it in, a light that seems to filter through centuries of growth. Once a place touched by the industry of coal mining, the echoes of that labour are now softened by the verdant embrace of the national park, a landscape that now dictates a gentler pace of life. The very ground underfoot, a rich loam that has nourished both oak and miner, still holds the memory of that past, a subtle grounding to the village’s present.

About This Whitecroft Map Page

Explore Whitecroft, 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: 51.753859, -2.551959. 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.