Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Purtington, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Purtington 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 | Purtington |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.877576 |
| Longitude | -2.865949 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Purtington rests amidst the gentle Somerset landscape. It lies 5.0 km west of Crewkerne (from Crewkerne: bearing 261°T, OS grid ST 391 090), and is situated north-west of Wayford village. The hamlet’s modest cluster of dwellings, often built from warm, honey-coloured local stone, catches the afternoon sun in a way that softens even the sharpest edges of the surrounding fields. A quiet stream, glimpsed between hedgerows thick with hawthorn and wild roses, winds its way through the surrounding pastures, its murmur a constant companion to the rustle of leaves and the distant bleating of sheep. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of turned soil, a reminder of the agricultural heart that has long sustained this corner of England.
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Explore Purtington, 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: 50.877576, -2.865949. 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. |