Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Bradford Abbas, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bradford Abbas 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 Bradford Abbas, Dorset, 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 | Bradford Abbas |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.928432 |
| Longitude | -2.588230 |
| Place Type | Village |
Limestone walls and honey-coloured stone define the quiet character of Bradford Abbas, a place where the air carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby Wriggle River. It lies 2.1 miles east-south-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 113°T, OS grid ST 587 144), and is situated north-west of Thornford village. The geology here reveals itself in the Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting SSSI, where layers of fossil-rich rock expose the ancient, stratified memory of the earth. A Medieval Standing Cross remains near the west front of St Mary’s Church, its weathered form casting a long, steady shadow across the churchyard as the afternoon sun descends. Bradford Abbas maintains a distinct, low-lying profile against the horizon, anchored by the sturdy presence of its historic architecture. Residents often walk the lanes where the light catches the pale stone, lending the streets a luminosity that shifts with the passing clouds. The surrounding fields, once home to the Roman Villa SE of East Farm, suggest a landscape that has been worked and observed for many centuries. This persistence of form gives the place a grounding weight, a refusal to be anything other than its own solid, limestone self.
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Explore Bradford Abbas, Dorset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.928432, -2.588230. 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 | August 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. |