Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore West Quantoxhead, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Quantoxhead 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 | West Quantoxhead |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.166422 |
| Longitude | -3.274652 |
| Place Type | Village |
West Quantoxhead breathes the quiet air of Somerset, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 4.3 km east-south-east of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 114°T, OS grid ST 109 415), and is situated north of Bicknoller village. The fields surrounding West Quantoxhead often hold a particular quality of light, a soft, diffused luminescence that hints at the proximity of the Bristol Channel, even when it remains unseen. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and elder, mark out the patchwork of pastures, their gnarled branches whispering tales of seasons past. A sense of quiet industry persists here, a gentle hum of agricultural life that has sustained West Quantoxhead for generations.
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Explore West Quantoxhead, 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: 51.166422, -3.274652. 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. |