Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore West Stafford, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Stafford 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 | West Stafford |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.705184 |
| Longitude | -2.388008 |
| Place Type | Village |
West Stafford, a quiet Dorset hamlet, breathes with the soft hum of surrounding fields. It lies 3.7 km east-south-east of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 108°T, OS grid SY 726 895), and is situated north-north-west of West Knighton village. The ancient church of St. Martin, its stone weathered by centuries of Dorset sun and rain, stands as a quiet sentinel over the scattered dwellings, its tower a familiar silhouette against the expansive sky. The land here undulates with a gentle, unhurried grace, the chalky soil giving way to verdant pastures where sheep graze, their fleeces catching the light like scattered pearls. A small stream, the Backwater, meanders through the landscape, its banks fringed with willows that whisper secrets to the breeze. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume of rural life.
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Explore West Stafford, 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: 50.705184, -2.388008. 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. |