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Upper Benter Somerset Map

Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West

Explore Upper Benter, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Benter 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.

Interactive Map of Upper Benter, Somerset

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PlaceUpper Benter
Traditional CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.241787
Longitude-2.513086
Place TypeHamlet

About Upper Benter

Upper Benter emerges from the folds of the Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone dwellings defined by the quiet tenacity of the Mendip hills. It lies 3.3 miles south-south-west of Midsomer Norton (from Midsomer Norton: bearing 203°T, OS grid ST 642 493), and is situated south of Chilcompton village. The light here catches the limestone walls with a pale, wintry clarity, revealing a terrain shaped by centuries of extraction and pastoral labour. To the north-west, the verdant basin of Moon’s Bottom drops away into a limestone hollow, its slopes holding the silence of the earth long after the sun has retreated. The ground beneath Upper Benter bears the scars of an industrial past, where medieval coal mining remains ripple the surface of the fields like a slow, frozen tide. Rising further north, the rugged crest of Blacker’s Hill commands the horizon, an ancient sentinel overlooking the patchwork of pastures that define the local geography. This stark elevation provides a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp moss and cooling stone across the valley floor. Upper Benter exists in a state of deliberate stillness, where the rhythmic pulse of the seasons matters more than the transit of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Moon's Bottom (Valley) — 0.3 mi, 309° NW
  • Small Multivallate Promontory Fort On Blacker'S Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 323° NW · 7 ha
  • Medieval Coal Mining Remains Immediately South Of Benter Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 127° SE · 11 ha
  • Blacker's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 333° NNW
  • Tape Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 250° WSW
  • Clarke's Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 281° W
  • Medieval And Post-Medieval Coal Mining Remains In Harridge Wood And Edford Wood South (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 120° ESE · 15 ha
  • Emborough Quarries Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 301° WNW
  • Ten Minute Arete (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 134° SE
  • St. Dunstan'S Well Catchment Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 133° SE · 39 ha
  • Binegar Green (Park) — 1.8 mi, 274° W
  • Loocombe Ponds (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 055° NE
  • Beacon Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 182° S
  • Coleford Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 097° E
  • Ston Easton Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 339° NNW · 99 ha
  • Midsomer Norton (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 026° NNE
  • Mendip Plains Equestrian Centre (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 325° NW
  • Ham Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 3.5 mi, 222° SW
  • River Somer (River) — 3.5 mi, 026° NNE
  • River Sheppey (River) — 3.8 mi, 209° SSW
  • Collett Park (Park) — 4.0 mi, 196° SSW
  • Shepton Mallet Cenotaph (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 202° SSW
  • Collonade (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 145° SE
  • East Somerset Railway (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 158° SSE
  • Asham Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.5 mi, 118° ESE
  • Colliery Wheel (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 039° NE
  • Radstock Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 039° NE
  • Hollow Marsh (Wetland) — 4.6 mi, 341° NNW
  • Ammerdown House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.9 mi, 065° ENE · 188 ha
  • The Chantry (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.2 mi, 111° ESE · 12 ha

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About This Upper Benter Map Page

Explore Upper Benter, 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: 51.241787, -2.513086. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.