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Howton Herefordshire Map

Traditional county: Herefordshire · Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire · Region: West Midlands

Explore Howton, Herefordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Howton 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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PlaceHowton
Traditional CountyHerefordshire
Unitary AuthorityCounty of Herefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.958353
Longitude-2.855319
Place TypeHamlet

About Howton

Howton emerges from the quiet, low-lying folds of the Herefordshire landscape as a singular collection of stone and earth. It lies 8.9 miles south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 221°T, OS grid SO 413 292), and is situated south-west of Wormbridge village. The land here holds the weight of centuries, marked by the silent, grass-grown mound of the Motte Castle 100M North East Of Howton Farm, which watches over the fields like a forgotten thought. Beyond the farmsteads, the horizon is anchored by the steady incline of Mount Hill, a rise that catches the pale, searching light of the Welsh borders. The Worm Brook carves a persistent, silver path through the meadows nearby, its water moving with a cold, glassy clarity that defines the local drainage of the valley. Howton remains a place of slow, agricultural patience, where the soil dictates the rhythm of the days. The proximity of the ruins of Dore Abbey, though distant enough to remain a shadow on the landscape, lends a gravity to the surrounding fields. Every fence line and hedgerow in Howton seems to clarify the relationship between the human hand and the stubborn, enduring clay of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Motte Castle 100M North East Of Howton Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 061° ENE
  • Worm Brook (River) — 0.7 mi, 241° WSW
  • Mount Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 263° W
  • Benarth Dingle (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 112° ESE
  • Wormbridge Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 032° NNE
  • Motte Castle 280M South Of New Buildings Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 157° SSE
  • Dore Abbey: A Cistercian Monastery (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 291° WNW · 4 ha
  • Ewyas Harold Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 255° WSW
  • Marlas Brook (River) — 1.7 mi, 081° E
  • Ewyas Harold Castle (Historic Ruins) — 1.8 mi, 260° W
  • Site of Dore Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 1.8 mi, 294° WNW
  • Big Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.0 mi, 014° NNE
  • Minns Close Tump (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 318° NW
  • Ty Gwyn Cider (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 225° SW
  • Kentchurch Court (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.3 mi, 164° SSE · 133 ha
  • Whitfield (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.3 mi, 025° NNE · 607 ha
  • Beavan Monument (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 307° NW
  • Coldstone Common (Park) — 4.8 mi, 011° N
  • Wayne Herbert Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.1 mi, 289° WNW
  • Violette Szabo Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 081° E
  • Timberline Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 5.3 mi, 341° NNW
  • Black Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.3 mi, 312° NW
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.7 mi, 020° NNE
  • Warlow Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 6.9 mi, 010° N
  • Abbey View West (Park) — 7.3 mi, 038° NE
  • Little Dewchurch 2000 (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 077° ENE
  • Pembridge Castle (Castle) — 7.7 mi, 142° SE
  • Waterworks Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 039° NE
  • Broomy Hill railway and Hereford society of model engineers (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 039° NE
  • Herefordshire Museum Resource Centre (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 040° NE

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About This Howton Map Page

Explore Howton, 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: 51.958353, -2.855319. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.