Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Slape Cross, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Slape Cross 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 Slape Cross, 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 | Slape Cross |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.138827 |
| Longitude | -2.965512 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Slape Cross marks a quiet junction where the flat, expansive Somerset landscape stretches toward a horizon seemingly infinite in its reach. It lies 1.9 miles east-north-east of Bridgwater (from Bridgwater: bearing 67°T, OS grid ST 325 381), and is situated south-south-east of Horsey village. The air here carries a damp, saline weight, a lingering breath of the Bristol Channel that clings to the low-lying fields. Slape Cross sits firmly within the Somerset Wetlands, where the light shifts with a mercurial temperament, turning the winter grasses into shades of bruised copper and pale gold. To the north-north-west, the earth bears the faint, ghost-like indentations of the Horsey Medieval Settlement, a reminder of the generations that once worked these heavy soils. Nearer still, the rising prominence of Peasy Hill provides a modest vantage point from which to observe the rhythmic turning of the seasons across the water-meadows. Slape Cross remains a place of subtle transitions, where the industry of the nearby town fades into the stillness of the reclaimed marshland.
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Explore Slape Cross, 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: 51.138827, -2.965512. 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. |