Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore West Bourton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Bourton 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 West Bourton, 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 | West Bourton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.062168 |
| Longitude | -2.335263 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Bourton emerges from the quiet Dorset landscape as a cluster of stone-built dwellings gathered where the land begins to rise toward the higher ground of the west. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 303°T, OS grid ST 766 292), and is situated south-south-west of Bourton village. The local terrain is defined by the steady inclination of the earth, where the light catches the flint walls of cottages during the long, golden afternoons of late summer. To the west-south-west, the rise of Tinker’s Hill breaks the horizon, offering a stark silhouette against the shifting clouds that drift in from the Atlantic. Water remains a constant companion here, most notably at Forty Pond, where the surface holds the reflection of the sky with a mirror-like stillness that seems to suspend the passage of time. West Bourton retains a modest, functional character, rooted in the agricultural rhythms of the Blackmore Vale that have persisted for generations. Walking the lanes, one notices how the masonry of older boundary walls seems to draw its colour directly from the iron-rich soil beneath. This small geography, defined by its slopes and hidden reservoirs, remains a place where the wind carries the scent of damp moss and cut hay across the open fields.
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Explore West Bourton, 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: 51.062168, -2.335263. 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. |