Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Sparkford Hill, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sparkford Hill 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 | Sparkford Hill |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.029079 |
| Longitude | -2.572863 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sparkford Hill rises as a modest yet definitive swell in the Somerset landscape, marking the transition between the low-lying moors and the firmer ground of the county's interior. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-west of Castle Cary (from Castle Cary: bearing 212°T, OS grid ST 599 256), and is situated north-north-east of Queen Camel village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the light catches the limestone outcrops of the eponymous hill just 0.3 miles to the south-east. To the north, the expansive grounds of Hazlegrove House provide a rich, green anchor, with its seventy-eight hectares of parkland softening the horizon. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and distant, well-tended pastureland that defines this corner of the South West. Beyond the quiet lanes, the ancient, circular earthworks of the hillfort at South Cadbury loom in the eastern distance, tethering Sparkford Hill to a much older, more persistent history. This geography demands a deliberate, measured pace of life, governed by the turning of the seasons rather than the haste of the modern road. Such places retain a singular character, existing as a quiet hinge upon which the wider countryside turns.
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Explore Sparkford Hill, 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: 51.029079, -2.572863. 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. |