Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Athelney, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Athelney 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 | Athelney |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.056929 |
| Longitude | -2.932787 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Athelney stands as a quiet testament to enduring spirit. It lies 7.0 km east-south-east of North Petherton (from North Petherton: bearing 123°T, OS grid ST 347 290), and is situated east of East Lyng village. The subtle undulations of the Somerset Levels surround Athelney, a landscape that has witnessed centuries of both hardship and resilience. Here, where the land breathes with the slow pulse of the tides and the occasional glint of water reflects the vast, ever-changing sky, one can almost feel the echoes of Alfred the Great's refuge. The very air seems to hold a certain stillness, a quiet dignity that speaks of the island stronghold that once defied invasion, a place where history is not so much written as it is felt in the very grain of the earth.
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Explore Athelney, Somerset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.056929, -2.932787. 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. |