Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Higher Alham, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Alham 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 | Higher Alham |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.168386 |
| Longitude | -2.461110 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Higher Alham rests amongst the gentle Somerset countryside, its fields a mosaic of green under the wide, clear sky. It lies 6.2 km north of Bruton (from Bruton: bearing 355°T, OS grid ST 678 411), and is situated north-north-west of Batcombe village. The air here often carries a faint, sweet scent of damp earth and hedgerow blossoms, a perfume of rural peace. Farmsteads, their stone weathered by generations of sun and rain, punctuate the rolling landscape, their chimneys sometimes exhaling a thin plume of woodsmoke. Life in Higher Alham flows with the quiet, steady pulse of the seasons, far from the clamour of busier hubs. The land itself, fertile and yielding, has long dictated the rhythm of its inhabitants, fostering a deep connection to the soil.
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Explore Higher Alham, 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: 51.168386, -2.461110. 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. |