Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Child Okeford, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Child Okeford 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 | Child Okeford |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.913920 |
| Longitude | -2.236530 |
| Place Type | Village |
Child Okeford breathes the quiet dignity of Dorset's chalk downs. It lies 5.0 km east-south-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 107°T, OS grid ST 834 127), and is situated north-north-east of Shillingstone village. Here, the land rises and falls with a patient grace, often catching the sun in soft, golden swathes that highlight the ancient hedgerows. The village itself centres around a pleasing green, where the murmur of local life seems to absorb the wider world, and the spire of its parish church, St. Nicholas, stands as a quiet sentinel over the rooftops. Child Okeford's very essence feels bound to the surrounding fields, a place where the scent of turned earth might mingle with the distant bleating of sheep.
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Explore Child Okeford, 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: 50.913920, -2.236530. 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. |