Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Henbury, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Henbury 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 | Henbury |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.786553 |
| Longitude | -2.055627 |
| Place Type | Village |
Henbury rests in a gentle curve of Dorset's chalk downs, a place where the light seems to hold a particular, soft luminescence. It lies 5.0 km west-south-west of Wimborne Minster (from Wimborne Minster: bearing 253°T, OS grid SY 961 985), and is situated south-east of Sturminster Marshall village. The parish church of St. James, with its sturdy Norman font, stands as a quiet sentinel, its stones warmed by generations of sun and shower. Beyond the immediate cluster of dwellings, the landscape unfolds in fields of wheat and barley, their golden hues shifting with the breeze, a subtle reminder of the agricultural heart that has long sustained this corner of England. Here, the air itself seems to possess a certain clarity, carrying the faint scent of wild thyme from the surrounding heathland.
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Explore Henbury, 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: 50.786553, -2.055627. 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. |