Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Oldford, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Oldford 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 | Oldford |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.251344 |
| Longitude | -2.305230 |
| Place Type | Village |
Oldford sleeps in the Somerset countryside, a place where the land remembers its ancient contours. It lies 2.5 km north-north-east of Frome (from Frome: bearing 27°T, OS grid ST 787 502), and is situated south-west of Beckington village. Here, the gentle incline of the land, barely perceptible to the hurried eye, slopes towards the River Frome, its waters a subtle murmur beneath the willow branches. The old farmsteads, their stone walls softened by centuries of wind and rain, stand like stoic witnesses to the seasons’ slow turning. A pale, diffused light often settles over Oldford, lending a quiet dignity to its scattered cottages and the fields that surround them, fields that have known the plough and the scythe since long before recorded time.
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Explore Oldford, 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: 51.251344, -2.305230. 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. |