(Hamlet near Brent Knoll)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
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| Place | Ham |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.259470 |
| Longitude | -2.976894 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ham emerges from the flat, reclaimed expanse of the Somerset Levels as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the vast, open sky above the Severn Estuary. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-east of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 28°T, OS grid ST 319 515), and is situated west of Brent Knoll village. The horizon here is dominated by the solitary, rounded rise of Brent Knoll, which casts a long, thoughtful shadow across the fields towards the homes of Ham during the golden hour of late afternoon. Salt-laden air travels inland from the nearby Berrow Dunes SSSi, carrying a sharpness that keeps the surrounding pastures crisp and clear even on humid days. The landscape remains stubbornly low-lying, a reminder of the ancient sea that once claimed this ground before the slow work of drainage turned the marsh into productive grazing land. Residents of Ham often look toward the elevated earthworks of the Brent Knoll Hillfort and Associated Field System, where the ghosts of Iron Age life still seem to watch over the modern lanes. This is a place where the light shifts with the incoming tide, turning the sky into a palette of bruised greys and pale, washed-out indigos. Life in Ham follows the unhurried rotation of the seasons, rooted in a soil that remembers the tides long after the water has retreated to the coast.
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Explore Ham, 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: 51.259470, -2.976894. 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. |