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.
| Place | Bugley |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.020228 |
| Longitude | -2.309311 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bugley, a quiet hamlet in Dorset, catches the soft, western light of England. It lies 3.1 km south-west of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 231°T, OS grid ST 784 245), and is situated north of West Stour village. The land here, a gentle swell of chalk downland, often carries the scent of turned earth, a reminder of the farming that has shaped this corner of the South West for generations. A sense of quiet endurance pervades Bugley, as if the very soil remembers the passage of centuries. The hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, offer a verdant embrace, their tangled branches a natural artistry. This is a place where the sky feels vast and the sounds of nature are amplified by the stillness.
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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 | 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. |