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Droop Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

Explore Droop, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Droop 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.

Interactive Map of Droop, Dorset

How to Use This Droop, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Droop, 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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PlaceDroop
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.873393
Longitude-2.353277
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Droop

Droop reveals itself through the quiet persistence of its hedgerows and the heavy, clay-rich soil that defines the Dorset landscape. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 210°T, OS grid ST 752 082), and is situated south-east of Hazelbury Bryan village. The land here holds a particular stillness, where the low-slung light of late afternoon catches the damp fields and turns the grass a bruised, metallic silver. To the west, the rise of Pleck Hill acts as a silent sentinel, watching over the patchwork of pastures that have dictated the pace of life for generations. Droop remains anchored to these fields, far from the frantic pulse of the motorways, where the only intrusion is the wind moving through the valley. Further to the south-east, the ancient, earthen ramparts of Rawlsbury Camp loom over the horizon, a ghost of iron-age fortifications that remind the modern traveller of a much older, more defensive occupation of these hills. The air here carries the scent of wet earth and distant woodsmoke, a thin, sharp fragrance that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the ridgeline. Such geography ensures that Droop retains a singular, unbothered identity, existing as a quiet corner of the county where the horizon feels vast and entirely unencumbered.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Pleck Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 265° W
  • White Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 151° SSE
  • Skinners Bottom (Valley) — 1.8 mi, 159° SSE
  • River Divelish (River) — 1.9 mi, 099° E
  • Small Multivallate Hillfort Called Rawlsbury Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 147° SSE · 5 ha
  • Site Of Roman Villa Nne Of Fifehead Mill (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 036° NE · 2 ha
  • Bul Barrow, 750M East Of Rawlsbury Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 138° SE
  • Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 340° NNW · 296 ha
  • River Lydden (River) — 2.4 mi, 339° NNW
  • Delcombe Woodlands (Forest / Woodland) — 2.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Lydlinch Common (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 338° NNW
  • Higher Houghton Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.8 mi, 126° SE · 145 ha
  • Bingham'S Melcombe (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.0 mi, 161° SSE · 19 ha
  • Sturminster Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 030° NNE
  • The Railway Gardens (Park) — 4.3 mi, 030° NNE
  • Henley Hillbillies & Badger Watch (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 234° SW
  • Dunch Mouth (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.6 mi, 021° NNE
  • Milton Abbey (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.6 mi, 146° SE · 547 ha
  • The Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 146° SSE
  • Cutt Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 016° NNE
  • Stalbridge Nature Reserve (Park) — 5.9 mi, 354° N
  • Minterne House (Historic Park or Garden) — 6.1 mi, 245° WSW · 86 ha
  • Hambledon Hill (National Nature Reserve) — 6.4 mi, 067° ENE · 74 ha
  • Cerne Abbas Giant (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 232° SW
  • Great Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 6.8 mi, 241° WSW
  • Cerne Abbas Giant Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 233° SW
  • The Coade Theatre (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 094° E
  • Sherborne Castle (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 7.6 mi, 311° NW · 456 ha
  • Sherborne Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 7.9 mi, 310° NW
  • Iwerne Minster Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 062° ENE

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About This Droop Map Page

Explore Droop, 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: 50.873393, -2.353277. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.