Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Henstridge, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Henstridge 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 |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.977277 |
| Longitude | -2.394332 |
| Place Type | Village |
Henstridge, a Somerset hamlet, drinks deep from the quietude of the Wessex landscape. It lies 2.3 km north-north-west of Stalbridge (from Stalbridge: bearing 331°T, OS grid ST 724 198), and is situated south-east of Yenston village. The chalk downland, softened by centuries of cultivation, rolls gently around Henstridge, catching the pale light of dawn and dusk. This is a place where hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, still hold the secrets of ancient field boundaries, and the air often carries the faint, earthy scent of distant ploughed fields. A scattering of stone cottages, their roofs mellowed by time, speaks of a continuity that anchors the present to a past less hurried. The nearby River Stour, though not directly touching Henstridge, whispers its presence through the surrounding water meadows, adding a subtle murmur to the prevailing peace.
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Explore Henstridge, 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: 50.977277, -2.394332. 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. |