Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Little Woolgarston, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Woolgarston 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 | Little Woolgarston |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.635268 |
| Longitude | -2.034520 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Little Woolgarston rests quietly in Dorset's embrace, a place where the past seems to linger in the soft, chalky air. It lies 6.3 km west-north-west of Swanage (from Swanage: bearing 299°T, OS grid SY 976 817), and is situated north-north-west of Harman's Cross village. The hamlet's scattered cottages, their stone walls mellowed by sun and rain, seem to absorb the very light that spills across the rolling Purbeck Hills. A footpath, worn smooth by generations of quiet passage, meanders through fields where sheep graze with an almost ancient patience. The gentle slope of the land here offers glimpses of the distant, shimmering sea, a constant, low murmur on the horizon. Little Woolgarston, though small, holds a certain dignity, a timeless quality that speaks of enduring, simple lives lived under the wide Dorset sky.
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Explore Little Woolgarston, 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: 50.635268, -2.034520. 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. |