Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Ansty, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ansty 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 | Ansty |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.825113 |
| Longitude | -2.337792 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ansty rests in Dorset's embrace, a quiet corner of England where the land rolls with a gentle, ancient grace. It lies 11.5 km south-south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 191°T, OS grid ST 763 028), and is situated south-south-west of Higher Ansty village. The air here, especially when the sun dips low, carries the scent of damp earth and wild thyme, a perfume that has settled over these fields for centuries. The cottages, built of the local flint and stone, seem to have grown from the very soil, their thatched roofs catching the light like spun gold. Life in Ansty moves to a cadence dictated by the seasons, a slow, steady beat that echoes the turning of the agricultural year. The nearby River Stour whispers tales of journeys past, its waters reflecting the wide, open sky that stretches above the undulating chalk downs.
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Explore Ansty, 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: 50.825113, -2.337792. 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. |