Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Bickenhall, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bickenhall 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bickenhall, Somerset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bickenhall |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.966805 |
| Longitude | -3.014945 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bickenhall maintains a quiet, sequestered existence amidst the rolling topography of the Somerset countryside. It lies 5.1 miles west-north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 301°T, OS grid ST 288 190), and is situated south-west of Hatch Beauchamp village. The land here rises and falls with a rhythmic persistence, drawing the eye toward the shadowed crown of Abbey Hill, which looms just to the south-south-west like a silent sentinel. Beneath the expansive sky, Bickenhall feels held by these ancient geological folds, where the light often catches the damp, heavy clay of the fields. A short distance away, the rich, undisturbed biodiversity of the Thurlbear Wood And Quarrylands SSSI offers a stark, wild counterpoint to the orderly lanes that define the local threshold. Small clusters of stone buildings hold the warmth of the sun, their walls reflecting a history of slow, deliberate labour in the earth. The silence here is not empty, but rather a thick, living presence that shifts with the passage of the seasons across the open pasture. Bickenhall persists as a place where the landscape dictates the pace, indifferent to the hurried clamour of the wider world.
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Explore Bickenhall, 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: 50.966805, -3.014945. 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. |