Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Minterne Parva, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Minterne Parva 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.
| Place | Minterne Parva |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.829351 |
| Longitude | -2.478390 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Minterne Parva breathes a quiet dignity against the rolling Dorset landscape. It lies 13.0 km north-north-west of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 347°T, OS grid ST 664 034), and is situated north of Cerne Abbas village. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and golds under the vast sky, suggest a continuity of cultivation that has shaped this locale for generations. The very air here seems to hold a certain softness, a gentle quality that might be attributed to the mild, maritime influence of the South West. Minterne Parva's modest presence is marked by a pleasing sense of proportion, where the ancient stones of its church stand as a quiet sentinel to the passage of years, their surfaces weathered by countless sunrises and the whisper of winds.
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Explore Minterne Parva, 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: 50.829351, -2.478390. 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 | June 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. |