(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Devon · Unitary authority: City of Plymouth · Region: South West
Explore Ford, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ford 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.
| Place | Ford |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| Unitary Authority | City of Plymouth |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.386993 |
| Longitude | -4.166988 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Ford, a place where the air often carries the faint, salty tang of the nearby coast, finds its character shaped by the gentle sweep of the land towards the estuary. It lies 2.4 km east-north-east of Torpoint (from Torpoint: bearing 61°T, OS grid SX 460 563). The houses here, often built from the warm, local stone, seem to gather around the village green, which on a bright afternoon can hold a peculiar, soft luminescence. Though not a grand centre, Ford possesses a quiet resilience, its days marked by the ebb and flow of tides and the steady hum of everyday life rather than the clamour of industry. There's a sense of understated beauty in the way the sunlight catches the weathered slate roofs, hinting at generations who have called this stretch of Devon home.
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Explore Ford, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.386993, -4.166988. 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. |