Longfleet Dorset Map

About Longfleet

Longfleet, a parish of Dorset, hums with a quiet dignity. It lies 0.7 km north-north-east of Poole (from Poole: bearing 14°T, OS grid SZ 016 916). The gentle rise of its land, touched by the pale, often saline air that drifts from the nearby coast, lends a subtle grandeur to its everyday aspect. Once perhaps a place of scattered crofts and common lands, Longfleet now unfolds with a comfortable domesticity, its streets tracing patterns familiar to generations who have called this stretch of England home. The quality of the light here, particularly in the late afternoon, seems to imbue the brickwork and the manicured gardens with a fleeting, golden hue, a quiet testament to enduring settlement. The very air seems to carry a whisper of the sea, a constant reminder of its geographical embrace.

About This Longfleet Map Page

Explore Longfleet, 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: 50.724641, -1.977578. 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.