Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Henstridge Bowden, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Henstridge Bowden 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 | Henstridge Bowden |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.984705 |
| Longitude | -2.439385 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Henstridge Bowden, a quiet hamlet in Somerset, breathes the muted light of the South West. It lies 5.1 km west-north-west of Stalbridge (from Stalbridge: bearing 303°T, OS grid ST 692 206), and is situated west-south-west of Yenston village. The land around Henstridge Bowden slopes gently, a canvas of verdant fields where ancient hedgerows trace the contours of the earth, their tangled branches catching the afternoon sun. A sense of enduring peace pervades Henstridge Bowden, a stillness that speaks not of absence, but of a life lived in quiet communion with the land. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil and distant livestock, a fragrance that has been the constant companion of these fields for generations.
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Explore Henstridge Bowden, 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: 50.984705, -2.439385. 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. |