Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Ansty Cross, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ansty Cross 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 Ansty Cross, Dorset, 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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| Place | Ansty Cross |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.831497 |
| Longitude | -2.328821 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ansty Cross emerges from the chalk-rich floor of the Dorset landscape as a modest confluence of lanes where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant livestock. It lies 6.7 miles south of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 189°T, OS grid ST 769 036), and is situated south-south-east of Higher Ansty village. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the flint-knapped masonry of nearby cottages and the pale, worn edges of the chalk hills. To the south-south-west, the waters of Mash Water move with a persistent, cold urgency, carving through the heavy clay that defines the local soil. The terrain rises sharply toward the east, where the slopes of Hilton Bottom create a long, silent corridor that seems to hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. Ansty Cross itself serves as a quiet anchor for those traversing the heavy, rolling fields that define this corner of the county. The horizon is dominated by the weight of the land, an ancient topography that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the seasonal harvest. Travelers passing through Ansty Cross often pause to watch the shadows lengthen across the open fields, where the history of the soil is written in the stubborn, grey stone of every boundary wall.
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Explore Ansty Cross, Dorset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.831497, -2.328821. 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. |