Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Pict's Hill, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pict's Hill 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 | Pict's Hill |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.044897 |
| Longitude | -2.808555 |
| Place Type | Village |
Pict's Hill emerges from the Somerset landscape as a modest collection of dwellings rising above the damp, level urgency of the surrounding levels. It lies 1.0 miles east-north-east of Langport (from Langport: bearing 59°T, OS grid ST 434 275), and is situated south-east of Wearne village. Broad horizons define the character of Pict's Hill, where the light shifts rapidly across the fields, catching the moisture that lingers even in the height of summer. To the north, the slopes of Hext Hill break the monotony of the plain, offering a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and river reeds. The land here remembers the heavy tread of conflict, as the fields stretching toward the site of the Battle of Langport 1645 remain scarred by a history of civil strife that once turned these quiet acres into a theatre of desperate iron and flame. Below the rise, the Wagg Rhyne channels water with a sluggish, persistent gravity, acting as a dark, reflective vein through the low-lying pasture. Life at Pict's Hill hums with the quietude of the agricultural seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the modern world yet bound by the same ancient, unyielding cycles of tide and harvest.
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Explore Pict's Hill, 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: 51.044897, -2.808555. 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. |