Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Barrows, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Barrows 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 | Barrows |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.279651 |
| Longitude | -2.784110 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Barrows occupies a quiet fold of earth where the limestone ribs of the Mendip Hills rise to meet the expansive Somerset sky. It lies 1.5 miles east-south-east of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 110°T, OS grid ST 454 536), and is situated north-west of Cheddar village. The wind here carries a persistent, cool dampness from the nearby Holwell Rye, which marks the low ground with a silver, shifting boundary. Because Barrows remains cradled within the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the horizon is dominated by the stubborn, ancient heft of limestone ridges. To the north-north-east, the slopes of Warrens Hill hold the shadows of the morning for longer than the surrounding fields, grounding the landscape in a heavy, prehistoric stillness. The light in Barrows often takes on a pale, washed quality, filtering through the humid air that clings to the valley floor. History asserts itself in the earth nearby, where the remnants of an Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace lie waiting beneath the grass, barely half a mile away. Barrows persists as a place where the modern pulse of the county softens against the enduring, stony silence of the hills.
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Explore Barrows, 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: 51.279651, -2.784110. 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. |