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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Little Woolgarston, 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 Woolgarston |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.635268 |
| Longitude | -2.034520 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Little Woolgarston occupies a quiet fold of the Dorset landscape, where the earth rises in subtle ridges to meet the wide, unencumbered sky. It lies 3.9 miles 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 morning light often catches the slopes of Rollington Hill, casting long, sharp shadows that trace the contours of the pastureland with geometric precision. To the north, the ancient earthworks of the Roman site near Brenscombe Farm remain as quiet, grassy humps, indifferent to the slow passage of modern seasons. Little Woolgarston keeps a modest pace, defined more by the shifting weather moving in from the Channel than by the frantic industry of the larger towns. Water finds its way through the lower fields via Byle Brook, a narrow vein that feeds the moisture into the soil and sustains the deep, dark green of the hedgerows. The air here carries a clean, sharp clarity, stripped of artifice and heavy with the scent of damp chalk and turned earth. Such a place demands little from the visitor, offering instead a stark, honest perspective of the Isle of Purbeck in its most elemental form.
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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 | 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. |