Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore North Bowood, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the North Bowood 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 | North Bowood |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.790160 |
| Longitude | -2.789566 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
North Bowood rests within the gentle embrace of Dorset's rolling countryside. It lies 4.1 km west-south-west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 239°T, OS grid SY 444 992), and is situated south-south-west of Stoke Abbott village. The hamlet’s scattered dwellings, often of stone quarried from the surrounding land, seem to have grown organically from the earth, as if the very stones were coaxed into shape by the patient hand of the landscape itself. A faint scent of damp earth and woodsmoke often drifts on the breeze, a subtle reminder of the agricultural life that has long sustained this quiet corner. Here, the light, when it breaks through the frequent clouds, possesses a soft, diffused quality, illuminating the green fields with a muted brilliance that speaks of enduring peace.
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Explore North Bowood, 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: 50.790160, -2.789566. 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. |