Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Arun · Region: South East
Explore Ford, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ford 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ford, West Sussex, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of West Sussex or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Ford and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Ford |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Arun |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.821317 |
| Longitude | -0.580657 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ford maintains a low-slung, utilitarian composure, defined as much by its industrial edges as by the flat, expansive horizon of the coastal plain. It lies 1.9 miles west-north-west of Littlehampton (from Littlehampton: bearing 296°T, OS grid TQ 000 033), and is situated north-north-east of Horsemere Green village. The light here is thin and precise, catching the fuselage of the Hawker Hunter display aircraft that serves as a grounded, metallic sentinel at the edge of the airfield. Beyond the tarmac, the landscape softens into the quiet, reed-fringed path of the Little Tortington Stream, where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate intent. Ford holds a sparse, functional beauty, where the remnants of a military past intersect with the slow, seasonal encroachment of the fields. A short distance away, the Medieval Earthworks E And Se Of St Mary'S Church offer a subtle ripple in the topography, hinting at lives lived long before the hangars were raised. There is no urgency in the air, only the steady, monochromatic hum of a place that prefers to be overlooked. Ford remains a collection of stark lines and open sky, indifferent to the demands of the modern world.
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Explore Ford, West Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.821317, -0.580657. 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. |