Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Ruggin, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ruggin 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.
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| Place | Ruggin |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.961766 |
| Longitude | -3.166402 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ruggin emerges as a quiet cluster of dwellings where the Somerset landscape softens into a series of sheltered, verdant folds. It lies 2.9 miles east-south-east of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 114°T, OS grid ST 181 186), and is situated south-south-east of West Buckland village. The horizon here is defined by the high, rolling expanse of Buckland Hill, which casts long, contemplative shadows over the pastures during the late afternoon. Ruggin occupies a portion of the Quants Sssi, a designation that ensures the preservation of the rare butterflies and ancient meadow flora flourishing in the damp, undisturbed earth. Beyond the immediate gardens, the terrain rises toward the dense, tangled canopy of Buckland Wood, where the air retains a heavy, sweet scent of damp bark and moss even in the height of summer. Sunlight filters through the overhead leaves with a flickering intensity, illuminating the precise, delicate architecture of the ferns that cling to the roadside banks. The local lanes are narrow and hemmed in by high, unkempt hedges that seem to breathe with the movement of small, hidden creatures. Life in Ruggin follows the slow, seasonal turn of the agricultural year, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond the ridge.
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Explore Ruggin, 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: 50.961766, -3.166402. 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. |