Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Great Elm, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Elm 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 | Great Elm |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.241473 |
| Longitude | -2.363998 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Elm holds a quiet gravity, fashioned from the limestone bones of the Mendip hills and the persistent passage of water. It lies 2.0 miles west-north-west of Frome (from Frome: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 746 492), and is situated south-south-west of Buckland Dinham village. The Mells Stream carves a restless path through the limestone, its currents brushing against the roots of ancient trees that lean heavily over the banks. Where the valley deepens into Fordbury Bottom, the air gathers a cool, damp weight, carrying the scent of moss and shadowed earth. Great Elm remembers the industry of iron, its past layered in the silent, moss-covered ruins of edge-tool works that once harnessed the river's mechanical pulse. Above the water, the steep ascent toward the earthworks of Tedbury Camp reveals how the land was shaped by human hands long before the modern age. Sunlight strikes the stone walls of the houses with a pale, sharp clarity, highlighting the texture of the masonry against the encroaching green of the valley slopes. Time moves here with a deliberate, singular pace, mirrored in the way the stream perpetually reshapes the gravel beds beneath the overhanging boughs.
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Explore Great Elm, 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: 51.241473, -2.363998. 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. |