Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore East Stour, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Stour 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 | East Stour |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.008859 |
| Longitude | -2.285760 |
| Place Type | Village |
East Stour breathes a quiet charm, a place where the ancient landscape whispers tales of seasons past. It lies 3.3 km south-south-west of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 193°T, OS grid ST 800 233), and is situated east-north-east of West Stour village. The very air seems to hold a certain clarity here, a gift from the open skies that stretch above its gently rolling fields, a gentle shimmer often caught upon the waters of the nearby River Stour. Time, it feels, has flowed softly over East Stour, leaving behind a sense of enduring peace, a certain grace in the curve of the lanes and the weathered stone of its humble dwellings. The surrounding countryside, a mosaic of verdant pastures and ancient hedgerows, offers a balm to the eye, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this corner of Dorset.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore East Stour, 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: 51.008859, -2.285760. 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. |