Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Cranborne, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cranborne 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 | Cranborne |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.919314 |
| Longitude | -1.922075 |
| Place Type | Village |
Cranborne breathes with a quiet dignity, a place where the chalk downs slope gently towards the River Allen. It lies 5.1 km north-west of Verwood (from Verwood: bearing 324°T, OS grid SU 055 133), and is situated north-north-west of Edmondsham village. The ancient parish church, St. Mary and All Saints, stands as a silent sentinel, its weathered stone whispering tales of centuries past. Fields of barley, gold under the summer sun, stretch out towards the horizon, their ripe heads bowing in the breeze. A sense of enduring continuity pervades Cranborne, from the sturdy farmhouses to the timeless lanes that meander through the landscape. The air here carries the faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume of the rural south.
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Explore Cranborne, 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: 50.919314, -1.922075. 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. |