Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Shearston, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shearston 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 | Shearston |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.071585 |
| Longitude | -3.027399 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Shearston occupies a quiet crease in the Somerset landscape, where the land tilts gently toward the horizon under a vast and shifting sky. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-west of North Petherton (from North Petherton: bearing 198°T, OS grid ST 281 307), and is situated north-north-east of Thurloxton village. To the south-south-east, Chapel Hill rises with a sudden, green authority, holding the morning light long after the lower pastures have retreated into shadow. The presence of the Chapel, Shearston, a scheduled monument of a single hectare, marks a site where the earth retains the heavy, silent memory of stone foundations and forgotten prayers. Beyond these ancient markers, the terrain slopes into the folds of Coombe Bottom, where the air grows cooler and the stillness deepens among the trees. Shearston remains a place of low horizons and persistent earth, defined not by grand architecture but by the way the wind moves across the open fields. The rhythmic turn of the agricultural year governs the pace here, leaving the soil to dictate the boundaries of the day. Through this intersection of history and topography, Shearston maintains a singular, unadorned integrity that persists despite the changing seasons.
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Explore Shearston, 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: 51.071585, -3.027399. 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. |