Traditional county: Herefordshire · Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Upper Lye, Herefordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Lye 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 Lye |
| Traditional County | Herefordshire |
| Unitary Authority | County of Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.287103 |
| Longitude | -2.889053 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Upper Lye emerges from the quiet fold of the Herefordshire landscape as a collection of dwellings that hold the morning light with a particular, pale clarity. It lies 7.6 miles west-north-west of Leominster (from Leominster: bearing 303°T, OS grid SO 394 658), and is situated east-south-east of Lingen village. Ancient earthworks mark the rising ground at the Castle Mound in Camp Wood, where the silence of the trees preserves the memory of defensive walls long surrendered to the grass. To the west, the shadow of Knoll Hill stretches across the fields as the sun dips, casting a long, violet bruise upon the low-lying pastures. Upper Lye keeps its own counsel, defined by the slow, rhythmic turning of agricultural seasons rather than the haste of modern transit. The nearby slopes of Mere Hill rise to meet the shifting weather, offering a vantage point where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the day. Farm tracks wind between hedges that thicken with hawthorn and dog rose, tracing paths that have served the passage of cattle and carts for generations. Here, the air carries a crisp, earthen scent that remains untroubled by the noise of the wider world.
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Explore Upper Lye, 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: 52.287103, -2.889053. 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. |