(Suburban Area near Corton Denham)
Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore North Town, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the North Town 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 | North Town |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.006226 |
| Longitude | -2.525960 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
North Town breathes a quiet dignity, a place where the sky seems to stretch a little further over the rolling Dorset countryside. It lies 6.5 km north of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 354°T, OS grid ST 631 231), and is situated north-north-west of Corton Denham village. The gentle slopes of the surrounding landscape, often touched by a soft, diffused light that seems to linger, lend a sense of peaceful enclosure to North Town. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, trace the boundaries of fields that have been tended for generations, their rich earth a dark, promising hue after a spring shower. The air here carries a faint, earthy scent, a mingling of damp soil and the distant promise of ripening crops, a scent that speaks of the land's enduring bounty.
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Explore North Town, 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: 51.006226, -2.525960. 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. |