Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Canford Bottom, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Canford Bottom 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 | Canford Bottom |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.803926 |
| Longitude | -1.941992 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Canford Bottom, a quiet corner of Dorset, offers a gentle embrace of English countryside. It lies 3.3 km east of Wimborne Minster (from Wimborne Minster: bearing 81°T, OS grid SU 041 004), and is situated north-west of Hampreston village. The landscape here unfolds with a subtle grace, the fields a patchwork of greens and golds under a sky that often possesses a painterly quality, especially in the late afternoon. A sense of calm pervades Canford Bottom, a quietude that might be attributed to its proximity to the larger town of Poole, yet its distinct rural character remains. The air, carrying the faint scent of distant agricultural endeavours, hums with a low, almost imperceptible energy, a testament to the enduring quietude of this place.
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Explore Canford Bottom, 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: 50.803926, -1.941992. 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. |