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Windmill Hill Somerset Map

Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West

Explore Windmill Hill, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Windmill Hill 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.

Interactive Map of Windmill Hill, Somerset

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PlaceWindmill Hill
Traditional CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.945137
Longitude-2.979755
Place TypeVillage

About Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill watches over the Somerset landscape with a quiet, observant patience that defies the frantic pace of modern travel. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 312 166), and is situated south-west of Ashill village. The land here rises in gentle, insistent swells, catching a particular quality of light that turns the damp fields into sheets of polished pewter during the winter months. Just a short walk away, the Barrington Hill National Nature Reserve offers a sanctuary where the air feels thinner and sharper, unburdened by the heavy industry of the lowlands. Windmill Hill remains tethered to this rhythm, where the horizon is defined more by the shifting clouds than by the encroaching reach of urban expansion. Hedgerows thick with hawthorn and hazel delineate the ancient boundaries of fields that have been ploughed for centuries, holding the memory of iron blades and heavy horses. Beyond the immediate pastures, the terrain tilts toward the horizon where the distant heights of Abbey Hill break the skyline, providing a firm anchor for the wandering eye. Life in Windmill Hill follows the slow turning of the seasons, marked by the gradual deepening of shadows and the persistent, quiet growth of the hedgerows under an expansive, uncrowded sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Barrington Hill Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.7 mi, 284° WNW · 18 ha
  • Barrington Hill (National Nature Reserve) — 0.7 mi, 284° WNW · 18 ha
  • Cross In St Aldhelm And St Eadburga Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 114° ESE
  • River Ding (River) — 1.5 mi, 211° SSW
  • Speke's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 042° NE
  • Merryfield Moated Site And Fishponds, 890M North-West Of Wadham Almshouses (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 068° ENE
  • Abbey Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 291° WNW
  • Pottery Kiln S Of Whitney Bottom (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 159° SSE
  • Venner's Water (River) — 2.2 mi, 035° NE
  • Castle Neroche (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 255° WSW
  • Hatch (Beauchamp) Court (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.8 mi, 351° N · 65 ha
  • Freshmoor Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.3 mi, 216° SW · 8 ha
  • Chard Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.6 mi, 158° SSE
  • Perry's Cider Mill (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 122° ESE
  • Spittle Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.9 mi, 191° S
  • Laps Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.0 mi, 213° SSW
  • Chard Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 175° S
  • Old Combe (Valley) — 5.1 mi, 280° W
  • Jocelyn Park (Park) — 5.2 mi, 170° S
  • Mitchell Gardens (Park) — 5.2 mi, 174° S
  • Barrington Court (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.4 mi, 079° E · 33 ha
  • Site of Otterhead House (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 252° WSW
  • Somerset Space Walk - Uranus (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 337° NNW
  • Cricket House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 6.3 mi, 142° SE · 273 ha
  • WW2 Anti Tank Blocks (Historic Ruins) — 6.5 mi, 164° SSE
  • Coates English Willow Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 013° NNE
  • RAF Culmhead (Scheduled Monument) (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 259° W
  • stone cider mill (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 311° NW
  • Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 330° NNW
  • County Classics Motor Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 312° NW

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About This Windmill Hill Map Page

Explore Windmill Hill, 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: 50.945137, -2.979755. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.