Traditional county: Dorset · Unitary authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Region: South West
Explore Iford, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Iford 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Iford, Dorset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Dorset or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Iford and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Iford |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.737344 |
| Longitude | -1.807323 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Iford marks a steady point of transition where the gentle sprawl of urban Dorset meets the persistent, winding course of the River Stour. It lies 1.1 miles west of Christchurch (from Christchurch: bearing 266°T, OS grid SZ 136 930). The landscape here holds a quiet gravity, defined by the low-lying meadows that catch the pale, slanted light of late afternoon. Residents find a brief reprieve from the road’s hum in the verdant silence of Swanmore Gardens, where the air feels scrubbed clean by the river’s proximity. To the east, the earth rises slightly toward the subtle humps of the landscape, where the ancient Bowl Barrow 390M East Of Tuckton Roundabout rests as a silent, grassy sentinel of older, unrecorded eras. Iford maintains a pragmatic, honest character, grounded by the steady flow of water and the long, thin shadows cast by the surrounding trees. The nearby presence of The Rookery offers a thicket of shelter for shifting birds, whose calls punctuate the stillness of the suburban afternoon. This is a place of modest scale, where the horizon remains wide enough to watch the clouds gather over the estuary, blurring the sharp edges of the day into a soft, grey watercolour.
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Explore Iford, 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: 50.737344, -1.807323. 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 | August 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. |