Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Folke, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Folke 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 | Folke |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.919621 |
| Longitude | -2.486301 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Folke, a quiet Dorset hamlet, breathes the soft air of the South West. It lies 3.8 km south-south-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 147°T, OS grid ST 659 134), and is situated south-south-west of Alweston village. Here, the gentle slopes of the Blackmore Vale offer a generous sweep of verdant fields, often touched by a golden light that seems to linger longer than elsewhere. The scattered houses of Folke are framed by ancient hedgerows, a testament to centuries of patient cultivation, and the quietude is broken only by the distant bleating of sheep and the murmur of the River Yeo, which traces a silver thread through the landscape. The very earth here feels settled, a quiet dignity residing in the stone walls and the ancient trees that stand sentinel.
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Explore Folke, 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: 50.919621, -2.486301. 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. |