Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Long Cross, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Long Cross 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 Long Cross, 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 | Long Cross |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.009069 |
| Longitude | -2.212940 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Long Cross defines the western edge of the Dorset plateau, where the land begins to shed the heavy mantle of the chalk downs. It lies 0.8 miles west-north-west of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 284°T, OS grid ST 851 233). The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the outline of Hawker’s Hill, rising only a short distance to the north-north-east to command the view. Shadows stretch long across the lanes as the afternoon sun catches the flint-flecked walls of the local architecture, lending a pale, silvered glow to the brickwork. A brief walk towards the south-east leads one toward the shadow of Castle Hill, where the earth still remembers the weight of ancient foundations hidden beneath the grass. Beyond the residential fringes, the landscape opens into the protected expanse of Breach Fields Sssi, where the quiet persistence of chalk grassland supports a delicate, unhurried biology. Long Cross remains a place of transition, caught between the gravity of the nearby market town and the wide, indifferent horizon of the rolling countryside.
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Explore Long Cross, 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: 51.009069, -2.212940. 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. |