(Hamlet near South Pool)
Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: South Hams · Region: South West
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| Place | Ford |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | South Hams |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.252381 |
| Longitude | -3.701372 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ford remains a quiet hamlet of singular character, hidden within the verdant, rolling folds of the South Hams. It lies 3.1 miles east-north-east of Salcombe (from Salcombe: bearing 71°T, OS grid SX 788 405), and is situated east-north-east of South Pool village. The morning light here often catches the damp, low-lying fields with a silvery clarity, revealing a landscape that breathes with the slow pulse of the Devon tides. Not far to the east, the salt-washed air of the coast drifts inland, carrying the faint, bracing scent of the sea from the direction of Forest and Beach. Ancient lanes wind between thick, moss-covered hedges that seem to hold the secrets of the earth in their tangled roots. The stillness of the afternoon is frequently punctuated by the cry of gulls circling high above, tracing invisible currents toward the nearby waters of Frogmore Creek. Ford sits as a modest point of permanence where the land shifts from high, exposed ridges down toward the sheltered, muddy veins of the estuary. Every stone wall and gatepost in Ford stands as a testament to the patient labour of those who worked this stubborn, fertile soil through centuries of changing seasons.
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Explore Ford, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.252381, -3.701372. 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 | September 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. |