Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Farrington, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Farrington 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 | Farrington |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.942210 |
| Longitude | -2.227664 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Farrington, a quiet Dorset hamlet, breathes the gentle air of the South West. It lies 5.7 km east-north-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 72°T, OS grid ST 841 158), and is situated west of Sutton Waldron village. The land around Farrington rises and falls with a quiet strength, the chalk soil often holding the diffused light of the English countryside, turning the hedgerows into soft, luminous lines. Here, the ancient rhythms of agriculture still hold sway, the fields a patchwork of greens and golds that shift with the seasons, and the distant bleating of sheep a constant, low hum beneath the vast sky. The lanes, often bordered by rambling roses and robust oak trees, invite a slow pace, a mindful unfolding of the landscape.
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Explore Farrington, 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: 50.942210, -2.227664. 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. |