Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Green Ore, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Green Ore 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 | Green Ore |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.249520 |
| Longitude | -2.605286 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Green Ore commands a high, windswept ridge of the Mendip plateau, where the horizon feels vast and brittle under the shifting Somerset skies. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-east of Wells (from Wells: bearing 33°T, OS grid ST 578 502), and is situated north of West Horrington village. The earth here holds the deep memory of lead mining, a legacy that once scarred the soil but now leaves the land open to the scouring winds. Ancient earthworks ripple across the nearby fields, where the Three Bowl Barrows at Green Ore stand as silent, grassy sentinels guarding the secrets of a prehistoric horizon. The light in Green Ore has a singular, piercing clarity, often catching the pale limestone walls of the local architecture before the shadows stretch long and thin toward the Mendip Forest. Travellers passing through might notice the quiet hum of the landscape, a stark contrast to the heavy, stone-laden gravity of the nearby cathedral city. Despite the encroaching silence of the countryside, the spirit of Green Ore remains tethered to the rugged, exposed character of the high Mendip plateau.
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Explore Green Ore, 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: 51.249520, -2.605286. 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. |