Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Holnest, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holnest 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 | Holnest |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.890610 |
| Longitude | -2.488743 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Holnest, a quiet corner of Dorset, offers a gentle unfolding of landscape. It lies 6.7 km south-south-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 163°T, OS grid ST 657 102), and is situated north-west of Glanvilles Wootton village. The land here, a soft quilt of fields stitched with hedgerows, carries the diffused light of the South West, lending a subtle warmth even on a grey day. The air often holds the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a fragrant testament to its agricultural heart. Holnest itself comprises a scattering of cottages and farmsteads, their stone walls weathered by countless seasons, appearing almost to grow from the surrounding soil. The nearby River Yeo, a quiet murmur rather than a roar, threads its way through the valley, its banks often fringed with willow and reed.
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Explore Holnest, 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: 50.890610, -2.488743. 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. |