Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Pilford, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pilford 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 | Pilford |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.816179 |
| Longitude | -1.953262 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Pilford rests in Dorset's gentle embrace, a scatter of homes and fields where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. It lies 3.1 km north-east of Wimborne Minster (from Wimborne Minster: bearing 52°T, OS grid SU 033 018), and is situated south of Broom Hill village. The land here, a soft green that deepens in the hollows and brightens on the slopes, suggests a quiet agricultural past, its fields shaped by generations of patient hands. The light, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, can lend a fleeting, almost ethereal glow to the hedgerows and the occasional sturdy brick dwelling. Pilford is a place that seems to breathe with the land, its pace attuned to the turn of the seasons rather than the demands of haste.
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Explore Pilford, 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: 50.816179, -1.953262. 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. |