Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Chard Junction, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chard Junction 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 | Chard Junction |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.838475 |
| Longitude | -2.934843 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Chard Junction remains a quiet intersection of industrial memory and the slow, persistent reclamation of nature by the Somerset landscape. It lies 2.7 miles south-south-east of Chard (from Chard: bearing 150°T, OS grid ST 342 047), and is situated east-south-east of Tatworth village. Sunlight often catches the rusted remnants of the old railway tracks, casting long shadows across the gravel where steam engines once heralded the arrival of goods and passengers. To the east, the expansive grounds of Forde Abbey offer a sanctuary of manicured serenity that contrasts sharply with the utilitarian history of the nearby rail lines. The air here holds a distinct, cool dampness, rising from the earth to cling to the tall grasses that sway in the wake of passing trains. A short walk away, the Stowell Meadow Sssi preserves a fragile, ancient botanical diversity, untroubled by the mechanical echoes of the past. Chard Junction exists as a place where the heavy, iron-wrought ambition of the Victorian era gradually softens into the green, sprawling silence of the countryside.
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Explore Chard Junction, 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: 50.838475, -2.934843. 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. |