Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Rock, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rock 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 | Rock |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.999862 |
| Longitude | -2.959602 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rock, a small hamlet in Somerset, breathes a quiet air of enduring rural peace. It lies 8.6 km north-north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 338°T, OS grid ST 327 227), and is situated north of Curry Mallet village. The landscape here, a gentle unfolding of green fields, often catches the afternoon sun in a way that seems to deepen the very colour of the earth. Paths worn smooth by generations of footsteps connect the scattered houses, their stone walls holding the quiet stories of lives lived in close communion with the land. The air, especially after a soft rain, carries the clean scent of damp soil and the distant hum of activity from the surrounding farmland.
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Explore Rock, 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: 50.999862, -2.959602. 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. |