Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Horton Cross, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horton Cross 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.
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| Place | Horton Cross |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.933646 |
| Longitude | -2.945701 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Horton Cross emerges from the Somerset landscape as a modest convergence of lanes where the horizon holds a particular, muted clarity. It lies 1.4 miles west-north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 285°T, OS grid ST 336 153), and is situated north-north-west of Donyatt village. The sunlight here often catches the damp edges of the fields, turning the local hedgerows into lines of silver against the deepening green of the pastures. To the south-east, the elevation of Mitchell's Hill offers a silent sentinel over the movement of traffic and the slow rotation of the seasons. History remains quiet in the soil nearby, where the remnants of the Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga Churchyard stand as a fragile memory of earlier devotion. The atmosphere of Horton Cross feels anchored by the heavy, fertile clay that defines this corner of the South West. Here, the air carries a crispness derived from the open sweep of the land, undisturbed by the clamour of larger hubs. Every passage through Horton Cross invites a pause, as if the landscape itself is waiting for the light to shift once more across the low, unassuming hills.
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Explore Horton Cross, 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: 50.933646, -2.945701. 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. |