Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Woolford's Water, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Woolford's Water 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 Woolford's Water, 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 | Woolford's Water |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.846411 |
| Longitude | -2.436933 |
| Place Type | Village |
Woolford's Water traces a quiet path through the Dorset landscape, where the earth holds a damp, ancient resilience beneath the tread of passing seasons. It lies 7.8 miles south-south-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 154°T, OS grid ST 693 053), and is situated east-north-east of Buckland Newton village. The light here often lingers low against the horizon, catching the pale, chalky spine of the nearby Knoll as the sun begins its slow withdrawal. Woolford's Water remains defined by the modest contours of the land, where the drainage of the fields dictates the slow, rhythmic crawl of the local brooks. To the west, the subtle dip of Buckland Bottom channels the morning mists, pressing them against the hedgerows until the warmth of the day dissolves the shroud. The earth here is heavy with the debris of centuries, and the quietude is broken only by the occasional sharp call of birds circling the high ridges. Those who walk the tracks towards the horizon find the air sharpen, carrying the scent of crushed grass and the cold, mineral breath of the chalk downs. It is a place of understated endurance, where the landscape demands a patient eye to discern the slow shifts in the soil and sky.
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Explore Woolford's Water, 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: 50.846411, -2.436933. 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. |