Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Hampreston, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hampreston 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 Hampreston, 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 | Hampreston |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.791991 |
| Longitude | -1.923336 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hampreston commands a quiet stretch of Dorset earth where the low sun catches the moisture rising from the heavy, dark loam. It lies 1.6 miles west-south-west of Ferndown (from Ferndown: bearing 246°T, OS grid SZ 055 991), and is situated west-north-west of Longham village. The land here holds the memory of ancient inhabitants, evidenced by the Bowl Barrow 270M South East Of Holy Cross Abbey, which rises from the fields like a forgotten, grass-grown shoulder of the earth. St. Mary’s Church stands as the anchor of Hampreston, its flint walls absorbing the grey, shifting light that drifts in from the nearby watercourses. To the north-west, the damp, tangled life of The Bog provides a wild counterpoint to the orderly, curated blossoms found at the nearby Knoll Gardens. The local horizon is defined by the flat, expansive rhythm of the Stour valley, where the river works the soil into a rich, clinging clay. Throughout the changing seasons, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity that clarifies the silhouette of the old rectory and the surrounding hedgerows. This landscape does not shout its history but keeps it buried beneath the sod, waiting for the inquisitive eye to discern the humps and hollows of a long-settled past.
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Explore Hampreston, 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: 50.791991, -1.923336. 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. |