Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Walpole, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Walpole 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 Walpole, 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 | Walpole |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.169540 |
| Longitude | -2.992857 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Walpole maintains a quiet, low-lying posture amidst the expansive levels of the Somerset landscape. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Bridgwater (from Bridgwater: bearing 12°T, OS grid ST 306 416), and is situated north-west of Down End village. The horizon here is vast and pale, often dominated by the shifting, pearlescent light that spills across the flat fields from the nearby Bristol Channel. To the south, the King’s Sedgemoor Drain cuts a deliberate, silver path through the silt, reflecting the heavy clouds that gather over the moor. Pastures stretch towards the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional sharp line of a hedgerow or the distant, stoic silhouette of the Willow Man. Walpole occupies a geography defined by water and reclaimed earth, where the soil holds the memory of ancient tides. The air carries a salt-brine sharpness, reminding residents that the Pawlett Gore Sands are but a short distance away, waiting for the sea to retreat. Every winter, the drainage ditches swell with rain, reclaiming a temporary kingdom that briefly returns the land to its ancestral, marshy state.
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Explore Walpole, 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: 51.169540, -2.992857. 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. |