Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Southway, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Southway 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 Southway, 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 | Southway |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.176410 |
| Longitude | -2.693578 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Southway emerges from the flat, verdant expanse of the Somerset Levels as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the patient labour of the land. It lies 2.3 miles north-north-east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 28°T, OS grid ST 516 421), and is situated south-west of Coxley village. The horizon here is dominated by the low, insistent pull of the earth, where the light shifts with a liquid clarity across the open fields. To the south, the North Wootton Rhyne cuts a dark, reflective ribbon through the peat-rich soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace. A mile to the north-north-west, the rise of Fenny Castle Hill interrupts the level plain, a silent sentinel that has watched over these pastures since the medieval era. Southway maintains a stoic character, its rhythms dictated by the seasonal dampness that rises from the drainage ditches and the persistent, wide-reaching Somerset sky. Beyond the immediate periphery, the ancient site of the Glastonbury Lake Village serves as a reminder of the deep, marsh-bound history that anchors this entire geography. Life in Southway remains tethered to this quiet, aqueous landscape, where the heavy moisture of the air seems to preserve the stillness of the passing centuries.
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Explore Southway, 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: 51.176410, -2.693578. 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. |