Traditional county: Herefordshire · Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Swainshill, Herefordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swainshill 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 | Swainshill |
| Traditional County | Herefordshire |
| Unitary Authority | County of Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.072504 |
| Longitude | -2.790604 |
| Place Type | Village |
Swainshill rests quietly, a cluster of dwellings where the land hums with a gentle, ancient rhythm. It lies 5.3 km west-north-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 290°T, OS grid SO 459 418), and is situated south-south-west of Stretton Sugwas village. The fields surrounding Swainshill often catch the light in a particular way, a soft, diffused glow that seems to emanate from the very earth, lending a subtle luminescence to the rolling Herefordshire landscape. Here, the air carries the faint, sweet scent of hedgerows and damp soil, a perfume of the countryside that speaks of seasons turning. The houses themselves, often built of mellow stone, seem to emerge organically from the terrain, their roofs a gentle, weathered grey against the ever-changing sky. Swainshill is a place where the quiet ambition of rural life unfolds, a subtle beauty woven into its very being.
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Explore Swainshill, 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: 52.072504, -2.790604. 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. |