Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore The Folly, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Folly 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 | The Folly |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.873015 |
| Longitude | -2.227042 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
A quiet scattering of homes, The Folly shares a gentle kinship with the chalk downs it calls home. It lies 4.7 km west-north-west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 841 081), and is situated west-south-west of Durweston village. The air here often carries the faint scent of turned earth, a testament to the surrounding farmland that has shaped this landscape for generations. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-placid skies, seems to linger a moment longer on the weathered stone of the cottages, casting long, contemplative shadows across their small gardens. There is a stillness to The Folly, a sense of being held within the soft embrace of the Dorset countryside, where the rustle of leaves and the distant bleating of sheep compose the day's gentle soundtrack. The very ground beneath one's feet feels ancient, whispering tales of seasons past and the quiet lives lived within its unassuming bounds.
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Explore The Folly, 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: 50.873015, -2.227042. 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. |