Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Manston, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Manston 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 Manston, 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 | Manston |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.938957 |
| Longitude | -2.265079 |
| Place Type | Village |
Manston reveals itself through the quiet persistence of its limestone architecture and the low, heavy light that clings to the Dorset fields. It lies 1.9 miles east-north-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 64°T, OS grid ST 814 155), and is situated east-south-east of Hinton St Mary village. Here, the land falls away toward Manston Brook, where the water catches the grey sky and mirrors the skeletal branches of overhanging trees. A short distance away, the Medieval Standing Cross 30M South Of The Church Of St Paul endures as a silent, stone sentinel, marking a history that has long since shed its original purpose. The air carries a scent of damp earth and churned pasture, a reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have defined the inhabitants for centuries. Manston remains a place of subtle shifts, where the shadows cast by Porter's Hill grow long and thin across the meadows as the afternoon wanes. Residents walk paths that have been worn smooth by generations, moving between the stone houses and the quiet, verdant edges of the valley floor. The landscape possesses a gravity that demands attention, anchoring the spirit to the soil beneath one's boots.
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Explore Manston, 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: 50.938957, -2.265079. 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. |