(Suburban Area near Milborne Port)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore New Town, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the New Town 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.
| Place | New Town |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.968924 |
| Longitude | -2.471564 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
New Town, a quiet hamlet in Somerset, draws the eye with its gentle slopes. It lies 3.9 km north-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 54°T, OS grid ST 669 189), and is situated west-north-west of Milborne Port village. The land here, under a wide and often luminous sky, rolls with a muted green, much of it given over to pastoral pursuits, the air carrying the faint, sweet scent of grazing cattle. A modest church, its stone weathered by countless seasons, stands as a quiet anchor for the scattered dwellings, a place where the murmur of daily life finds its echo. The surrounding hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and rambling roses, form a verdant tracery across the landscape, hinting at the ancient field patterns that still hold sway.
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Explore New Town, 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: 50.968924, -2.471564. 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 | June 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. |