Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Houndstone, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Houndstone 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 | Houndstone |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.951312 |
| Longitude | -2.675758 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Houndstone stretches across the Somerset landscape as a modern suburban extension, defined by the quiet intersection of residential streets and the encroaching reach of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.0 miles west-north-west of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 526 170), and is situated south of Chilthorne Domer village. Winter light here often hangs low and pale, catching the grey render of houses and the hard, functional tarmac of the roads. Residents frequently traverse the short distance to the Roman Villa at Lufton, where the ancient, earth-bound stone remnants offer a stark contrast to the contemporary architecture of the nearby dwellings. Beyond the housing, the terrain slopes gently toward the quiet path of Ball's Water, a stream that marks the northern edge of the local geography with a persistent, cold clarity. The proximity of the South Somerset Heritage Collection provides a tether to the wider history of the region, housing fragments of a past that long predates the arrival of the suburban grid. Houndstone maintains a pragmatic character, grounded in the transition between the dense urban pulse of Yeovil and the open, working farmland that eventually yields to the horizon.
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Explore Houndstone, 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: 50.951312, -2.675758. 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. |