Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Wood, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wood 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wood, Somerset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Wood |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.951021 |
| Longitude | -2.980505 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Wood reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings gathered upon the rolling Somerset landscape. It lies 3.3 miles west-north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 298°T, OS grid ST 312 173), and is situated north of Windmill Hill village. The earth here holds a damp, fertile weight, where the light of late afternoon catches the hedgerows in a pale, lemon-coloured glow. A short distance to the south-west, the Barrington Hill National Nature Reserve preserves a wilder character, its eighteen hectares of meadowland offering a sanctuary for the shyest of wildflowers. Wood sits amidst this verdant expanse, where the air often carries the scent of turned soil and the distant, cooling breath of the River Ding. Footpaths wind away from the quiet lanes, leading the traveller towards the slopes of Abbey Hill, where the horizon broadens into a wide, open expanse of sky. Each season brings a shifting palette to the pastures, from the sharp, verdant greens of spring to the muted, rusted copper of the autumn harvest. Wood remains a place of subtle transitions, defined as much by the slow passage of clouds as by the enduring patterns of the surrounding fields.
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Explore Wood, 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: 50.951021, -2.980505. 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. |