Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Marshalsea, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Marshalsea 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 Marshalsea, 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 | Marshalsea |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.797571 |
| Longitude | -2.867903 |
| Place Type | Village |
Marshalsea emerges from the heavy, damp soil of Dorset as a quiet collection of stone and slate. It lies 5.7 miles west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 262°T, OS grid ST 389 001), and is situated south-south-east of Thorncombe village. Ancient light filters across the fields here, catching the dew that clings to the meadows long after the sun has climbed high. To the south-south-west, the low hum of life at Foxdown Childrens Farm drifts on the breeze, marking a gentle boundary where the domesticated earth meets the wilder slopes. Beyond the immediate pastures, the high, brooding profile of Lambert's Castle stands as a sentinel of iron and earth, watching over the deep, verdant folds of the landscape. Marshalsea itself holds a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows of the lanes, where the limestone walls grow cold and damp under a perpetual, silver-grey sky. The horizon is defined by the heavy, rolling weight of the terrain, which rises toward the distant, wind-swept ridges of the west. Every path leading away from the houses follows the ancient, uneven contours of the land, carved by the slow passage of water and time.
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Explore Marshalsea, 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: 50.797571, -2.867903. 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. |