Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Kit Hill, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kit Hill 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 Kit Hill, 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 Kit Hill and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Kit Hill |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.977751 |
| Longitude | -2.226115 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ancient hedgerows define the quiet boundaries of Kit Hill, tracing the lines of a landscape that has long resisted the encroachment of the wider world. It lies 2.4 miles south-west of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 214°T, OS grid ST 842 198), and is situated south-south-west of Guy's Marsh village. The light here possesses a peculiar, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the fields that slope toward the distant, unseen current of Key Brook. To the south-south-west, the rise of Bleax Hill interrupts the horizon, its silhouette acting as a rugged anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse. Kit Hill retains a singular, sparse dignity, eschewing the ornamental charm of more visited locales in favour of a stoic, functional beauty. Farmers traverse the narrow lanes with a mechanical patience, their rhythm dictated by the seasonal demands of the heavy, loam-rich earth. There is a profound stillness in the air, a silence that seems to accumulate in the hollows and gather against the weathered stone of local boundary walls. One finds that the character of Kit Hill is not found in grand architecture, but in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying pastures before retreating into the sky.
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Explore Kit Hill, 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: 50.977751, -2.226115. 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. |