(Village near Holywell)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
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| Place | Burton |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.918708 |
| Longitude | -2.664260 |
| Place Type | Village |
Burton commands a modest prominence above the low-lying fields of Somerset, where the horizon broadens under a wide, pale sky. It lies 2.0 miles south-west of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 221°T, OS grid ST 534 134), and is situated east-north-east of Holywell village. Shallow limestone ridges rise to meet the light here, casting long, thin shadows across the meadows as the afternoon sun wanes. Beneath the turf, the faint, geometric ghosts of the Chessels Roman Villa remain, a quiet reminder of lives once lived upon this same slope. To the south, Slaford Bottom carves a gentle, verdant crease into the earth, channelling the runoff from the higher ground toward the unseen reaches of the valley. Burton maintains a stillness that defies the encroaching pace of the nearby market town, its lanes winding with a stubborn, ancient logic. The damp air often carries the scent of turned soil and the sharp, clean mineral tang of the local stone. Residents of Burton look out over a landscape where history is not a museum piece, but a quiet, living weight carried by the land itself.
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Explore Burton, 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: 50.918708, -2.664260. 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. |