(Hamlet near Sandford Orcas)
Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
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| Place | Holway |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.982920 |
| Longitude | -2.525525 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Holway breathes quiet Dorset air. It lies 3.9 km north of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 350°T, OS grid ST 632 205), and is situated east-south-east of Sandford Orcas village. The hamlet’s scatter of cottages, some with walls of honey-coloured stone that catch the afternoon sun, speaks of a long, settled existence. Fields roll away, green and patient, stitched with hedgerows that hold the memory of generations of farmers. The silence here is not empty, but full of the rustle of leaves and the distant bleating of sheep, a sound as old as the land itself. There is a palpable sense of continuity in Holway, a feeling that the present treads softly on the past.
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Explore Holway, 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: 50.982920, -2.525525. 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. |