Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Piltown, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Piltown 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 | Piltown |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.149275 |
| Longitude | -2.636112 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Piltown, a quiet hamlet in Somerset, offers a tranquil perspective on the South West region of England. It lies 5.7 km east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 88°T, OS grid ST 556 390), and is situated north-north-east of West Pennard village. The gentle rise of the land here, catching the soft, diffused light of the Somerset levels, lends a certain contemplative air to the scattered dwellings. Here, the fields, often a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, seem to breathe with a quiet patience, a testament to generations of cultivation. A particular charm resides in the way the hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, trace unseen boundaries, their ancient forms hinting at a history that predates written records. The very air in Piltown seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume of rural existence.
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Explore Piltown, 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: 51.149275, -2.636112. 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. |