Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Swell, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swell 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 | Swell |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.006345 |
| Longitude | -2.900985 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Swell reveals itself as a quiet assembly of stone and slate, holding fast to the low-lying fields of the Somerset levels. It lies 3.8 miles south-west of Langport (from Langport: bearing 236°T, OS grid ST 368 233), and is situated east-north-east of Fivehead village. The land rises gently toward Swell Hill to the north, where the horizon broadens to embrace the wide, restless sky of the South West. Beyond the immediate pastures, the light often lingers upon the distant, columned silhouette of the Burton Pynsent Monument, a stark vertical stroke against the soft green horizontal of the parkland. The local architecture speaks of a long agricultural patience, with limestone walls that seem to have absorbed the sun’s warmth through many successive seasons. Nearby, the Fivehead Woods And Meadow Sssi offers a sanctuary of diverse flora, where the earth remains damp and rich with the scent of unhurried growth. Swell maintains a singular, dignified character, untroubled by the haste of modern thoroughfares and defined instead by the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding countryside.
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Explore Swell, 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: 51.006345, -2.900985. 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. |