Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Ridge, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ridge 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 | Ridge |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.087368 |
| Longitude | -2.067040 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ridge whispers its name on the Wiltshire breeze, a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 12.7 km north-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 45°T, OS grid ST 954 320), and is situated west-south-west of Chilmark village. The rolling chalk downs that cradle Ridge offer a muted, sun-bleached palette, broken by the darker, more determined green of ancient hedgerows. Here, the sky often hangs with a profound stillness, a vast canvas against which the occasional flight of a buzzard is etched in slow, deliberate circles. The very air seems to carry the scent of dry grass and distant sheep, a fragrance as old as the land itself.
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Explore Ridge, Wiltshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.087368, -2.067040. 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. |