Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Shapwick, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shapwick 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shapwick, Somerset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Shapwick |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.139495 |
| Longitude | -2.832977 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shapwick holds the quiet stillness of the Somerset Levels, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 4.1 miles west-north-west of Street (from Street: bearing 282°T, OS grid ST 418 381), and is situated north-north-west of Pedwell village. The land here remains stubbornly flat, a low-lying expanse where the damp air carries the scent of reeds and deep, peat-rich soil. To the north-northeast, the expansive Shapwick Heath SSSI preserves a fragile, marshy wilderness that hums with the hidden life of bitterns and dragonflies. Ancient timber remnants, such as the Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways found near Coppice Gate Farm, suggest that people have crossed these sodden fields for millennia, leaving their footsteps in the peat. The architecture of Shapwick reflects a modest, enduring dignity, with honey-coloured stone cottages that seem to have grown naturally from the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the gentle rise of Knoll Hill to the southwest, a landmark that provides a necessary anchor against the vast, open flatness of the moor. Time here moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the tides that once shaped the basin, leaving behind a landscape that feels both ancient and entirely present.
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Explore Shapwick, 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: 51.139495, -2.832977. 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. |