Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Lower Swell, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Swell 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 | Lower Swell |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.002262 |
| Longitude | -2.914872 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lower Swell occupies a quiet corner of the Somerset landscape where the heavy, iron-rich clays of the region meet the sky. It lies 4.5 miles west-south-west of Langport (from Langport: bearing 237°T, OS grid ST 359 229), and is situated east of Fivehead village. The land here holds a particular stillness, broken only by the thin, insistent wind that draws itself across the open fields toward the slopes of Swell Hill. To the north-west, the sprawling terrain of Fivehead Woods And Meadow Sssi offers a sanctuary for ancient flora, marking the transition from the manicured pastures to the wilder, unkempt edges of the parish. Life in Lower Swell follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the agricultural calendar, with the earth turning under the plough in rhythmic, dark furrows. A short distance away, the elevated rise of Fivehead Hill acts as a silent sentinel, watching over the low-lying moisture that gathers in the hollows after the winter rains. The architecture remains modest, built of local stone that absorbs the grey, diffused light common to this part of the South West. Here, the boundary between the managed garden and the untamed hedgerow dissolves, leaving Lower Swell to exist in a state of honest, unadorned endurance.
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Explore Lower Swell, 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: 51.002262, -2.914872. 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. |