Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Dowslands, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dowslands 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 | Dowslands |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.999212 |
| Longitude | -3.086152 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Dowslands breathes a quiet air of settled existence, a place where the greening fields meet the tidy edges of habitation. It lies 2.2 km south-east of Taunton (from Taunton: bearing 136°T, OS grid ST 238 227), and is situated north-west of Shoreditch village. The light here often possesses a soft, diffused quality, filtering through the mature oaks that punctuate the landscape, lending a gentle luminescence to the brickwork of its homes. This is a corner of Somerset where the land rolls with a subtle grace, suggesting a long history of cultivation and quiet habitation. The very air seems to hold the faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a comforting perfume of rural life. Dowslands, in its unassuming way, offers a peaceful tableau, a place where the days unfold with a gentle, predictable rhythm.
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Explore Dowslands, 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: 50.999212, -3.086152. 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. |