(Hamlet near Wootton Courtenay)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
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| Place | Ford |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.172718 |
| Longitude | -3.532313 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ford, a quiet hamlet in Somerset, breathes the ancient air of Exmoor's western edge. It lies 5.3 km south-west of Minehead (from Minehead: bearing 226°T, OS grid SS 929 426), and is situated south-west of Wootton Courtenay village. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of green hills, where the light often softens to a pearly luminescence, casting long shadows across fields of grazing sheep. A small, ancient packhorse bridge, its stones worn smooth by centuries of passing feet and hooves, still spans a clear, chattering brook that gives Ford its name. The air carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and wild gorse, a subtle perfume of the wild land that enfolds this small cluster of cottages. The quietude is profound, broken only by the bleating of sheep or the distant call of a curlew, a sound that seems to echo the very soul of this place.
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Explore Ford, 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: 51.172718, -3.532313. 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. |