Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Cruxton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cruxton 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 Cruxton, 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.
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| Place | Cruxton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.767922 |
| Longitude | -2.564901 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cruxton remains a quiet pocket of Dorset, defined by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons and the heavy dampness of the earth. It lies 6.6 miles west-north-west of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 303°T, OS grid SY 602 966), and is situated south-south-east of Maiden Newton village. The landscape here rises with a stubborn, calcified grace, particularly where the slopes of Chammen's Hill break the horizon to the west with an austere, treeless clarity. Below these elevations, the light often lingers in the hollows, catching the dew on the grass long after the morning sun has claimed the higher ridges. To the north, the ancient ridges of the Field System W Of Fore Hill bear silent witness to centuries of forgotten labour, their outlines softened by encroaching gorse and stubborn scrub. Cruxton itself maintains a modest profile, eschewing the clamour of busier districts for the rhythmic silence of the surrounding fields. The air here carries a sharp, clean chill, smelling faintly of crushed chalk and the cold, mineral breath of the soil. Each lane is narrow and hemmed in by hedges that seem to hold the memory of countless winters within their gnarled, dark wood.
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Explore Cruxton, 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: 50.767922, -2.564901. 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. |