Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Watchfield, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Watchfield 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.
| Place | Watchfield |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.218993 |
| Longitude | -2.935544 |
| Place Type | Village |
Watchfield breathes a quiet rural charm in the Somerset Levels. It lies 4.7 km east-south-east of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 118°T, OS grid ST 347 470), and is situated west-south-west of Mark Causeway village. The fields surrounding Watchfield, a tapestry of emerald and gold under the wide, often pearly sky, stretch out towards the distant gleam of the Bristol Channel. This is a place where the land itself seems to whisper tales of ancient agriculture, its flatness broken only by the gentle rise and fall of dykes and drainage channels that once shaped the very character of the Somerset Levels. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening crops, a constant reminder of the village's deep connection to the land.
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Explore Watchfield, 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: 51.218993, -2.935544. 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 | June 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. |