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Dowles Worcestershire Map

Traditional county: Worcestershire · District / Borough: Wyre Forest · Region: West Midlands

Explore Dowles, Worcestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dowles 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 Dowles, Worcestershire

How to Use This Dowles, Worcestershire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dowles, Worcestershire, 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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PlaceDowles
Traditional CountyWorcestershire
District / BoroughWyre Forest
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.385778
Longitude-2.330601
Place TypeHamlet

About Dowles

Dowles captures the quiet, persistent tension between the encroaching Wyre Forest and the ancient, deliberate boundaries of the Severn valley. It lies 1.0 miles north-west of Bewdley (from Bewdley: bearing 316°T, OS grid SO 775 764). The landscape here is defined by the Dowles Brook, which carves a restless, dark path through the undergrowth toward the river. To the south, the slopes of Tanner’s Hill rise with a heavy, verdant permanence, shielding the hamlet from the more frantic pace of the nearby market town. The sunlight at dusk often catches the damp moss clinging to the older stones, casting a pale, metallic sheen that suggests a history older than any written record. Beyond the immediate tree line, the rich, damp earth of the Brown’s Close Meadow SSSI preserves a fragile stillness, hosting plant life that seems indifferent to the passage of centuries. Dowles remains a place of shadows and sudden, sharp clarity, where the wind through the canopy creates a sound not unlike the turning of dry pages. One feels here the weight of a landscape that has long outlasted its inhabitants, watching the seasons cycle with a cold and exacting patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tanner's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 180° S
  • Town Coppice (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 249° WSW
  • Wribbenhall Millennium Green (Park) — 1.0 mi, 112° ESE
  • Brown'S Close Meadow Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 193° SSW · 3 ha
  • Bewdley Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 137° SE
  • Stanley Baldwin (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 138° SE
  • Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Gardens (Park) — 1.1 mi, 136° SE
  • Community Orchard (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 138° SE
  • Shelf Held Coppice (Forest / Woodland) — 1.2 mi, 252° WSW
  • Park Dingle (Valley) — 1.2 mi, 170° S
  • Swan Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 227° SW
  • Trimpley Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 349° N
  • Moated Site In Wassell Wood, 400M South Of Trimpley Green (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 060° ENE · 1 ha
  • Bunker's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 105° ESE
  • Rose Cottage Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 117° ESE
  • Ridding Brook (River) — 1.6 mi, 119° ESE
  • Safari Park Theme Park (Theme Park) — 1.6 mi, 108° ESE
  • Eymore Railway Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 344° NNW
  • The Withy Pear (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 243° WSW
  • West Midlands Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.8 mi, 113° ESE
  • Sea Lion Theatre (Theatre) — 1.8 mi, 108° ESE
  • Wyre Forest (National Nature Reserve) — 2.0 mi, 277° W · 15k acres
  • Arley Tower (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 343° NNW
  • Honey Brook (River) — 2.7 mi, 065° ENE
  • Arley House (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.8 mi, 344° NNW · 69 ha
  • Arley Arboretum & Gardens (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 339° NNW
  • Richard Eve Monument (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 098° E
  • Moated Site At Pickard'S Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 3.2 mi, 346° NNW · 1 ha
  • Sir Rowland Hill KCB (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 089° E
  • Lume Cinema (Cinema) — 3.5 mi, 094° E

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About This Dowles Map Page

Explore Dowles, Worcestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.385778, -2.330601. 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.