Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Loders, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Loders 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 | Loders |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.745325 |
| Longitude | -2.716796 |
| Place Type | Village |
Loders, a quiet hamlet in Dorset, breathes softly in the West Country air. It lies 3.2 km east-north-east of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 66°T, OS grid SY 495 942), and is situated west-north-west of Uploders village. Ancient footpaths, worn smooth by generations of walkers, thread through its green heart, hinting at the long procession of lives that have unfolded here. The River Brit, a silver thread in the landscape, murmurs its timeless song, its waters reflecting the ever-changing moods of the sky above the gentle Dorset Downs. The church of St. Mary and St. Peter, a venerable sentinel of stone, stands as a silent witness to centuries of devotion, its bells once chiming across fields now dedicated to the quiet cultivation of the earth. Here, the light seems to linger a moment longer, gilding the thatched roofs and the hedgerows with a painterly grace.
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Explore Loders, 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: 50.745325, -2.716796. 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. |