Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Little Ansty, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Ansty 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 Little Ansty, 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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| Place | Little Ansty |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.836867 |
| Longitude | -2.331486 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Little Ansty emerges from the chalky Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the austere beauty of its rolling topography. It lies 6.3 miles south of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 190°T, OS grid ST 767 042), and is situated north of Higher Ansty village. The light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, catching the flint-streaked walls of local cottages before spilling across the nearby expanse of Balmers Coombe Bottom. To the north, the ancient earthworks of Rawlsbury Camp stand as a silent witness to the centuries, their grassy ramparts curving against the sky like the spine of a sleeping giant. Little Ansty remains tethered to this rhythm of land and season, where the thin, clear air carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. The surrounding terrain rises sharply toward the heights of Bulbarrow Hill, grounding the horizon in a resolute, limestone permanence. Residents often walk the lanes where the hedgerows lean inward, their tangled branches framing a view that has altered little in the passage of memory. Here, the hum of the modern world fades, replaced by the persistent, unforced gravity of the rural earth.
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Explore Little Ansty, 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: 50.836867, -2.331486. 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. |