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Over Stowey Somerset Map

Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West

Explore Over Stowey, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Over Stowey 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.

Interactive Map of Over Stowey, Somerset

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PlaceOver Stowey
Traditional CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.139748
Longitude-3.165350
Place TypeHamlet

About Over Stowey

Over Stowey exhales a quiet grace, caught between the heavy, ancient shoulders of the hills and the soft, encroaching breath of the Somerset fields. It lies 6.9 miles west of Bridgwater (from Bridgwater: bearing 277°T, OS grid ST 185 384), and is situated south-south-west of Nether Stowey village. Sheltered within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the terrain rises in rugged ridges that catch the morning light like hammered copper. To the south, the deep, shadowed expanse of Great Wood offers a cool refuge where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and bracken. The path toward the remains of Stowey Castle reveals a landscape of enduring contours, where the medieval earthworks anchor the horizon against the restless sky. Below the heights, the land spills into the verdant folds of Bin Combe, where the water carves its own slow, persistent history into the limestone. Over Stowey remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of the day, marked by the shifting colours of the gorse and the persistent, low-slung clouds that wander in from the Bristol Channel.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Quantock Hills (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)locality lies within · 99 ha
  • Chapel E Of Adscombe Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 184° S
  • Bin Combe (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 314° NW
  • Stowey Castle, The Site Of St Michael'S Chapel And A Medieval Kiln Site (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 009° N · 4 ha
  • Stowey Castle (Castle) — 0.7 mi, 006° N
  • Nether Stowey Library (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 019° NNE
  • Coleridge Cottage (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 021° NNE
  • Great Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.0 mi, 204° SSW
  • Churchyard Cross In St Mary'S Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 047° NE
  • Round Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 174° S
  • Robin Upright's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 265° W
  • Culls Pit (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 354° N
  • Hartswood Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 168° SSE
  • Hawkridge Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 135° SE
  • Peart Water (River) — 2.1 mi, 128° SE
  • The Quantocks Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 263° W · 25k acres
  • Stogursey Brook (River) — 2.5 mi, 022° NNE
  • Bagborough Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 2.7 mi, 200° SSW
  • Crowcombe Court (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 253° WSW · 96 ha
  • Ge-Mare Farm Fields Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 321° NW · 4 ha
  • Chantry (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 324° NW
  • Court House (Historic House / Palace) — 4.4 mi, 316° NW
  • New Marsh (Wetland) — 4.5 mi, 231° SW
  • The Walled Gardens of Cannington (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 080° E
  • Memorial Globe (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 082° E
  • Goose Marsh (Wetland) — 5.2 mi, 029° NNE
  • The Mill House (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 189° S
  • Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 192° SSW
  • Denbury Farm Fishing & Wildlife Holidays (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 204° SSW
  • Orchard Meadow (Park) — 6.5 mi, 293° WNW

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About This Over Stowey Map Page

Explore Over Stowey, 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: 51.139748, -3.165350. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.