Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Bugley, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bugley 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 Bugley, 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 | Bugley |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.020228 |
| Longitude | -2.309311 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bugley remains a modest collection of dwellings held fast by the thick, damp clay of the Dorset landscape. It lies 1.9 miles south-west of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 231°T, OS grid ST 784 245), and is situated north of West Stour village. The horizon here is dominated by the steady rise of Kington Hill, which casts long, cooling shadows over the fields as the sun begins its slow descent. To the north, the earth dips into the quiet moisture of Bainly Bottom, where the air often hangs heavy and cool with the scent of wet grass. Bugley exists as a place of quiet industry, where the rhythmic turning of agricultural cycles dictates the pace of the day more than any clock. The light across these pastures possesses a thin, silver quality that reveals the sharp edges of the stone walls and the deep, furrowed lines of the surrounding earth. Every movement in the fields seems amplified by the surrounding stillness, a silence broken only by the occasional sharp call of a bird crossing the open sky. Life in Bugley moves with a gravity that belongs to the soil itself, indifferent to the hurried progress of the wider world.
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Explore Bugley, 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: 51.020228, -2.309311. 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. |