Traditional county: Dorset · Unitary authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Region: South West
Explore Blackwater, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackwater 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 Blackwater, 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 | Blackwater |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.762509 |
| Longitude | -1.809715 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Blackwater endures as a quiet convergence of heath and low-lying scrubland where the horizon feels pressed close by the weight of an expansive, moisture-heavy sky. It lies 2.1 miles north-west of Christchurch (from Christchurch: bearing 324°T, OS grid SZ 135 958), and is situated south-south-east of Hurn village. The landscape here is defined by the Town Common SSSI, a rugged stretch of terrain where the brackish scent of damp earth clings to the gorse and heather. To the north-east, the modest rise of Blackwater Hill breaks the flat monotony of the basin, offering a vantage point over the shifting, pale light that characterises this corner of Dorset. Ancient echoes persist in the soil, marked by the presence of a nearby scheduled monument, the Round Barrow Cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse, which remain as silent, grassy disturbances in the otherwise unassuming ground. These remnants of human occupation offer a sharp contrast to the utilitarian hum of the nearby transit routes that pull at the edges of the hamlet. The light in Blackwater often takes on a bruised, silver quality, filtered through the thick air that rises from the surrounding water-logged plains. Residents move through the space with a pragmatic brevity, indifferent to the layers of history buried beneath their feet.
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Explore Blackwater, 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: 50.762509, -1.809715. 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. |