Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Charlestown, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Charlestown 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 | Charlestown |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.614892 |
| Longitude | -2.487292 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Charlestown breathes a quiet dignity, a place where the land rolls gently towards the sea. It lies 1.5 km south-east of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 134°T, OS grid SY 656 795). The air here, even inland, carries a faint salt tang, a reminder of Weymouth’s bustling harbour a few miles distant. Fields, stitched with hedgerows that whisper of centuries of cultivation, stretch out under a sky that often holds a pearly luminescence. Charlestown itself is a collection of homes and gardens, a place where the evening light lingers, softening the edges of stone and brick. A nearby chalk ridge offers vistas that sweep across the Dorset landscape, a panorama painted in greens and golds.
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Explore Charlestown, 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: 50.614892, -2.487292. 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. |