Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Filford, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Filford 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 | Filford |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.774301 |
| Longitude | -2.794362 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Filford rests in the rolling Dorset landscape, a quiet collection of houses where the land slopes gently towards the north. It lies 5.2 km north-north-west of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 331°T, OS grid SY 440 974), and is situated west-north-west of Salway Ash village. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a constant reminder of the surrounding fields. Ancient stone walls, weathered to shades of grey and lichen-green, delineate the fields, their sturdy presence speaking of generations of cultivation. The light often falls in soft, diffused shafts through the broad leaves of oak and ash, painting fleeting patterns on the narrow lanes. Filford, though small, holds a certain stillness, a sense of earth held firm beneath the sky.
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Explore Filford, 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: 50.774301, -2.794362. 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. |