Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Sand, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sand 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 | Sand |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.215996 |
| Longitude | -2.813167 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sand remains a quiet assembly of stone and pasture, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Somerset Levels. It lies 4.9 miles south of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 178°T, OS grid ST 433 466), and is situated north-west of Mudgley village. The horizon here is dominated by the gentle rise of Mudgley Hill, which anchors the landscape to the east and offers a vantage point over the flat, reclaimed earth. Below, the water of the Old Rhyne draws a silver, sluggish line through the fields, reflecting the shifting grey and violet tones of the coastal sky. Sand exists in a state of modest isolation, where the architecture of the older dwellings holds the light of late afternoon with a stubborn, pale brilliance. To the south, the expanse of the Tealham And Tadham Moors Sssi stretches toward the horizon, a vast wetland sanctuary that dictates the seasonal rhythm of the local environment. There is a particular clarity to the air in Sand, sharpened by the proximity of the open moors and the damp, fertile scent of the surrounding drainage channels. The geography here does not shout; rather, it persists in a calm, horizontal authority that seems to have altered very little over the passing decades.
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Explore Sand, 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: 51.215996, -2.813167. 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. |