(Hamlet near West Pennard)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
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| Place | Woodlands |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.134049 |
| Longitude | -2.659114 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Woodlands breathes a quiet presence in the Somerset landscape. It lies 4.4 km east-south-east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 110°T, OS grid ST 539 374), and is situated west-south-west of West Pennard village. The hamlet's fields often catch the soft, diffused light characteristic of the South West, turning the hedgerows to threads of gold in the late afternoon. A sense of enduring agriculture pervades Woodlands, with the gentle curve of the land suggesting generations of quiet toil beneath the wide sky. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant livestock, a subtle perfume of rural continuity. Here, the old ways persist not through grand pronouncements, but through the steady turning of the seasons and the enduring character of the place.
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Explore Woodlands, 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: 51.134049, -2.659114. 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. |