Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Crossways, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Crossways 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 Crossways, 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 Crossways and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Crossways |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.694286 |
| Longitude | -2.329162 |
| Place Type | Village |
Crossways surveys its gentle Dorset landscape with a quiet dignity. It lies 8.0 km east-south-east of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 107°T, OS grid SY 768 883), and is situated west-south-west of Moreton village. The land around Crossways rolls softly, a canvas of arable fields and ancient hedgerows that catch the migrating light with a painterly grace. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of cultivated soil, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this region. Though not a market town in the grand sense, the subtle ebb and flow of local life, marked by the changing seasons and the quiet comings and goings of its inhabitants, lends Crossways a character all its own. The very stones of its older cottages seem to hold a story, worn smooth by the passage of time and the occasional, genial breeze.
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Explore Crossways, 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: 50.694286, -2.329162. 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. |