Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore West Compton, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Compton 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 | West Compton |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.177827 |
| Longitude | -2.582115 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Compton emerges from the Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone dwellings defined by the quiet authority of the Mendip foothills. It lies 1.7 miles west-south-west of Shepton Mallet (from Shepton Mallet: bearing 241°T, OS grid ST 594 422), and is situated north of Pilton village. Low sunlight catches the limestone walls of West Compton, casting long, lean shadows across the narrow lanes that track the contours of the earth. To the north-north-west, the rise of Knowle Hill provides a natural bulwark against the weather, holding the hamlet in a shallow, sheltered basin. The nearby Friar's Oven SSSI marks a patch of protected ground where the thin, hungry soil supports a fragile persistence of wild flora. Agricultural rhythms dictate the pulse of the day here, where the damp, iron-rich scent of the fields lingers long after the mist has retreated. Stone-built barns and weathered boundaries bear witness to a lineage of labour that predates the busier thoroughfares of the nearby market towns. West Compton maintains a stillness that feels less like isolation and more like a deliberate, enduring patience.
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Explore West Compton, 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: 51.177827, -2.582115. 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. |