(Village near Compton Pauncefoot)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
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| Place | Blackford |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.034411 |
| Longitude | -2.490112 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blackford holds its own against the wide, sloping horizon of the Somerset landscape, where the heavy clay earth seems to hold the light long after the sun has dipped. It lies 3.7 miles west-south-west of Wincanton (from Wincanton: bearing 246°T, OS grid ST 657 262), and is situated east of Compton Pauncefoot village. The sharp rise of Knoll Hill sits only a short distance to the north, casting a long, cool shadow over the pastures that define the local agricultural rhythm. This terrain is marked by the quiet endurance of the land, where the wind moves across the fields with a steady, unbothered persistence. To the west, the elevated ground of Warren Hill frames the view, providing a natural boundary that keeps the world at a comfortable distance. Blackford remains a place of stone walls and iron gates, where the quiet is not an absence of sound but a density of rural life. The local architecture speaks to a history of limestone masonry, solid and grey, reflecting the rain-washed skies of the South West. Here, the day-to-day work of the fields continues in a slow, rhythmic cycle, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world.
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Explore Blackford, Somerset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.034411, -2.490112. 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. |