Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Hornsbury, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hornsbury 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hornsbury, Somerset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Hornsbury |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.892482 |
| Longitude | -2.948535 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hornsbury reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings caught in the quiet transition between the rolling hills of South Somerset and the damp, fertile lowlands. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-east of Chard (from Chard: bearing 29°T, OS grid ST 333 107), and is situated west-north-west of Chaffcombe village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate drainage toward the basin that feeds Chard Reservoir, where the light often catches the water in flat, silver plates during the late afternoon. To the west, the protected expanse of the Woolhayes Farm SSSI maintains a stubborn, wild integrity, resisting the tidiness of the surrounding agricultural fence lines. Hornsbury remains tethered to this earthy, functional geography, lacking the grand architecture of a market town but possessing a sturdy, unpretentious composure. Hedgerows here grow thick and dark, acting as green corridors that channel the wind across the fields with a low, whistling persistence. The atmosphere carries the scent of turned soil and distant woodsmoke, a fragrance that seems to linger longer in these lanes than in the busier thoroughfares to the south. Each passage of the sun across the horizon marks a shift in the shadows of the oaks, reminding any observer that Hornsbury exists entirely at the mercy of the seasons.
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Explore Hornsbury, 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: 50.892482, -2.948535. 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. |