Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Marshwood, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Marshwood 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 Marshwood, 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 | Marshwood |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.793163 |
| Longitude | -2.886082 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Marshwood reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings anchored in the rugged, verdant folds of the Dorset landscape. It lies 5.0 miles east of Axminster (from Axminster: bearing 81°T, OS grid SY 376 996), and is situated west-south-west of Marshalsea village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, heavy grace toward the ramparts of Lambert's Castle Hill, where the wind carries the salt-scent of the distant coast across the ancient ironworks. Beneath the summit, the land falls away into the deep, shaded hollows of Bridewell Bottom, where the light thickens and turns a bruised, mossy green. Marshwood remains defined by this elemental geography, a place where the heavy clay earth demands a persistent, patient husbandry from those who work its soil. The horizon is dominated by the enduring, grassy silhouettes of earthworks that have watched over the valley since the Iron Age, lending a sense of immense, unblinking time to the small lanes. Beyond the immediate fields, the expansive Lambert's Castle SSSI preserves a rare, untamed character in its scrub and heathland. Every stone and furrow in Marshwood seems to hold a memory of the seasons, as if the landscape itself were a ledger recording the slow, rhythmic turning of the years.
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Explore Marshwood, 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: 50.793163, -2.886082. 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. |