Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Fordgate, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fordgate 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 | Fordgate |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.090432 |
| Longitude | -2.966359 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Fordgate exhales a quiet stillness, a hamlet where the Somerset Levels begin their slow, deliberate spread. It lies 3.5 km east of North Petherton (from North Petherton: bearing 91°T, OS grid ST 324 327), and is situated west-north-west of Moorland village. The land around Fordgate, a patchwork of green fields often softened by a pearlescent mist, seems to hold the memory of ancient watercourses. Here, the sky feels vast, an expansive canvas where clouds drift with the unhurried grace of a sigh. The hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, are not merely boundaries but whispers of a wilder past, a verdant embroidery upon the cultivated earth. In Fordgate, the very air seems to carry a faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a simple fragrance that speaks of enduring quietude.
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Explore Fordgate, 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: 51.090432, -2.966359. 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. |