Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Kilve, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kilve 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 Kilve, 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 | Kilve |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.180269 |
| Longitude | -3.218192 |
| Place Type | Village |
Kilve commands the narrow strip of Somerset coastline where the Quantock Hills descend to meet the grey, rhythmic pulse of the Bristol Channel. It lies 4.9 miles east of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 91°T, OS grid ST 149 430), and is situated east-south-east of East Quantoxhead village. The air here holds a distinct salt-sharp tang, pressing against the stone of the Chantry ruins where silence gathers in the hollowed-out windows of the fourteenth-century masonry. Beyond these skeletal walls, the land rises toward the Barrows on Longstone Hill, tracking the ancient lines of a landscape that has long witnessed the patient work of tide and wind. Kilve remains a place of low horizons, where the light shifts with a metallic sheen across the mudflats and the exposed limestone pavements. Beneath the shifting clouds, the fields maintain a quiet, agrarian order that has persisted long after the industrial embers of the past have cooled. The proximity of the sea dictates the mood of the streets, lending a bracing clarity to the atmosphere that sharpens the edges of every garden hedge and dry stone wall. Here, the earth feels thin and permeable, a fragile boundary between the solid comforts of the inland hills and the restless, encroaching grey of the sea.
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Explore Kilve, 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: 51.180269, -3.218192. 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 | September 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. |