Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Whitney Bottom, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whitney Bottom 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 | Whitney Bottom |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.920045 |
| Longitude | -2.964944 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Whitney Bottom remains a quiet pocket of Somerset where the land sighs under the weight of ancient, heavy clays. It lies 2.3 miles west-south-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 256°T, OS grid ST 322 138), and is situated south of Horton village. The air here holds a distinct stillness, broken only by the shifting shadows of the clouds as they drift toward the high, sweeping ridge of Barley Hill. A mere stone’s throw to the south, the earth hides the remnants of a pottery kiln, a silent monument to the hands that once shaped the local silt into vessels for daily toil. Whitney Bottom traces the contours of a landscape that prioritises the slow growth of hedge and pasture over the frantic pace of the modern road. From the vantage of the nearby slopes, the horizon stretches out in a patchwork of muted greens and browns, defined by the ancient, stubborn lines of field boundaries. The light at dusk seems to pool in the lower reaches of the vale, turning the damp meadows into mirrors of copper and grey. Through these fields, the legacy of human endeavour remains etched in the soil, quiet and persistent, long after the fires of the old kilns have cooled to ash.
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Explore Whitney Bottom, 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: 50.920045, -2.964944. 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. |