Traditional county: Herefordshire · Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Becknell, Herefordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Becknell 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 | Becknell |
| Traditional County | Herefordshire |
| Unitary Authority | County of Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.266108 |
| Longitude | -2.806705 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Becknell rests within the gentle embrace of Herefordshire's rolling countryside, a quiet acknowledgement of enduring rural life. It lies 6.3 km north-west of Leominster (from Leominster: bearing 313°T, OS grid SO 450 634), and is situated south-east of Lucton village. The hamlet's scattered dwellings, often built of mellowed brick and stone, seem to have grown organically from the land, their roofs catching the soft, diffused light that characterizes this corner of the West Midlands. Here, the air carries the faint, honest scent of damp earth and ripening hedgerows, a constant reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have shaped Becknell for generations. The subtle undulations of the surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, offer a quiet beauty, a landscape where the passage of time is measured not in hurried minutes, but in the slow turn of the earth.
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Explore Becknell, Herefordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.266108, -2.806705. 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. |