Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Ilchester Mead, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ilchester Mead 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 | Ilchester Mead |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.995636 |
| Longitude | -2.692532 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ilchester Mead reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Somerset pasture, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the surrounding lowlands. It lies 4.4 miles south-south-east of Somerton (from Somerton: bearing 156°T, OS grid ST 514 220), and is situated south-west of Ilchester village. The light here clings to the damp earth in the early morning, casting long, translucent shadows across fields that have held the imprint of human activity for centuries. Just a short distance away, the quiet waters of Bearley Brook trace a meandering path through the landscape, feeding the verdant character of the fields. Beneath the surface of the soil, the Later Iron Age Enclosure at Ilchester Mead serves as a silent, structural ghost of a former age, anchoring the hamlet to a deep and layered past. The land remains largely agricultural, where the seasonal shift of crops dictates the rhythm of the day more surely than any clock. When the sun retreats, the horizon takes on a bruised, violet hue, grounding the hamlet in a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present. Ilchester Mead persists as a modest, essential fragment of the South West, indifferent to the haste of the modern world beyond its borders.
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Explore Ilchester Mead, 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: 50.995636, -2.692532. 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. |