Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Horton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horton 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 Horton, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Dorset or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Horton and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Horton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.867384 |
| Longitude | -1.959364 |
| Place Type | Village |
Horton commands the quiet, chalk-dusted horizons of East Dorset where the shadows stretch long across the flint-strewn fields. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Verwood (from Verwood: bearing 254°T, OS grid SU 029 075), and is situated north-north-east of Chalbury Common village. The land here holds a pale, meditative light that seems to linger on the hawthorn hedges and the ancient, brooding quietude of the local topography. To the west-south-west, the slopes of Chalbury Hill rise like a soft, green shoulder against the sky, marking a boundary where the earth turns steep and secret. Further north, the skeletal remains of Knowlton Church stand in a hollowed silence, a ruined memory of stone that watched the centuries pass without a sound. Horton retains a stillness that feels heavy with the weight of old agricultural ghosts and the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons. Haythorne Common stretches out to the east, offering a wilder, scrub-brushed expanse where the wind moves with an uninterrupted, restless intent. Each lane in Horton curls around the natural contours of the soil, following the ancient pathways that once connected the barrow mounds to the wider world beyond the parish.
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Explore Horton, 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: 50.867384, -1.959364. 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. |