(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Newtown, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Newtown 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 Newtown, 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 | Newtown |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.133437 |
| Longitude | -3.011620 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Newtown occupies a quiet pocket of Somerset where the industrial echoes of the past remain etched into the low-lying terrain. It lies 0.5 miles north-north-west of Bridgwater (from Bridgwater: bearing 330°T, OS grid ST 293 376). The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Crowpill Rhyne, a waterway that acts as a silent witness to the suburban expansion encroaching from the south. Light reflects off the water with a pale, metallic clarity, illuminating the brickwork of nearby structures that once powered the local economy. A short walk reveals the Churchyard Cross in St George’s Churchyard, an ancient stone sentinel that offers a sharp, weathered contrast to the modern domestic architecture of Newtown. The atmosphere carries a faint, lingering scent of damp earth and cooling silt, a reminder of the alluvial plain upon which these streets were laid. Residents observe the changing seasons through the shifting reeds of the drainage ditches, which swell and recede with the rhythm of the tide. In the soft evening hours, the silhouette of the landscape feels both heavy with history and remarkably spare, stripped of ornamentation yet rich in its quiet, functional purpose.
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Explore Newtown, 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: 51.133437, -3.011620. 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. |