Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Cold Harbour, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cold Harbour 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 Cold Harbour, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Dorset or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cold Harbour and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Cold Harbour |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.039062 |
| Longitude | -2.283037 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cold Harbour occupies a quiet crease in the North Dorset landscape, where the chalk downs soften into the heavy, water-retaining clays of the Blackmore Vale. Pale sunlight often slants across the low-slung roofs, illuminating the subtle gradients of a place that feels caught between the industry of the railway and the slow, tidal rhythms of the countryside. A short walk toward the south-east leads one to the shimmering perimeter of Lodden Lakes, where the water holds the grey sky like a polished mirror. History here is rarely loud, yet the earth remembers; to the north-west, the prehistoric spine of Longbury Long Barrow breaks the horizon, a silent witness to millennia of human passing. Once a settlement of modest agricultural ambition, Cold Harbour now serves as a dormitory for those who trade the quiet of the lane for the bustle of the Gillingham station. The air here carries the faint, damp scent of the Little Marsh, a reminder that the land is never truly tamed, only held in a precarious, green balance. Sturdy brickwork and thick-set hedges define the texture of the streets, suggesting a resilience born from centuries of quiet endurance. Every breeze passing through the gardens seems to carry the ghost of the medieval deer parks that once defined these borders, grounding the modern commuter in a deep, layered antiquity.
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Explore Cold Harbour, 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: 51.039062, -2.283037. 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. |