Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Goar Knap, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Goar Knap 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 | Goar Knap |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.946082 |
| Longitude | -2.620039 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Goar Knap, a quiet hamlet, hums with a gentle stillness that seems to absorb the very light. It lies 1.1 km east-north-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 58°T, OS grid ST 565 164). The surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and golds under the broad Somerset sky, are often softened by the low, honeyed light of late afternoon, casting long shadows from the occasional ancient oak. While not boasting grand edifices, Goar Knap possesses a certain understated charm, a feeling of being woven into the familiar contours of the land. The air here carries the faintest scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume of rural persistence. Its existence feels like a quiet whisper against the more boisterous tales of larger settlements.
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Explore Goar Knap, 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: 50.946082, -2.620039. 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. |