Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Sockety, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sockety 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 Sockety, 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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| Place | Sockety |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.857131 |
| Longitude | -2.738485 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sockety reveals its character through the quiet, stubborn persistence of its ancient field boundaries and the pale, limestone dust that coats the lane edges during a dry spell. It lies 3.1 miles south-east of Crewkerne (from Crewkerne: bearing 127°T, OS grid ST 481 066), and is situated east-south-east of South Perrott village. The land here rises and falls with a rhythmic, muscular grace, lifting the earth toward the rounded, wind-swept crown of Symes's Hill. To the west, the ghosts of the past linger where the site of Mohun Castle leaves only faint, grassy indentations upon the slope, as if the soil itself is trying to digest the memory of stone. Below this elevation, the Lecher Water cuts a thin, silver vein through the meadows, its surface often catching the low, bruised light of a late Dorset afternoon. Verdant shadows stretch from the dense, tangled canopy of Chedington Woods, where the air holds a cooler, sharper scent of damp moss and rotting leaves. Sockety remains a place of profound stillness, where the hum of modern life is replaced by the sudden, sharp call of a kestrel hovering over the long grass. The geography dictates a slow existence, defined by the seasonal shifting of light across the chalky soil and the persistent, quiet growth of the hedgerows.
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Explore Sockety, 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: 50.857131, -2.738485. 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. |