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Muscliffe Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Unitary authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Region: South West

Explore Muscliffe, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Muscliffe 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Muscliffe, Dorset

How to Use This Muscliffe, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Muscliffe, 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.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Dorset or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Muscliffe and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Muscliffe.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceMuscliffe
Traditional CountyDorset
Unitary AuthorityBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.761720
Longitude-1.862504
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Muscliffe

Muscliffe retains a quiet composure, defined by the steady, low-country light that brushes across its suburban gardens and quiet residential lanes. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Bournemouth (from Bournemouth: bearing 12°T, OS grid SZ 097 958), and is situated south-east of West Parley village. The landscape here leans toward the Stour Valley, where the air often holds a faint, damp sweetness drifting up from the nearby riverbanks. A short walk to the north-west brings one to the Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre, a gateway to the Stour Valley Nature Reserve where the marshes soften the edges of the urban sprawl. To the east, the modest rise of Berry Hill provides a vantage point over the patchwork of rooftops that define the local horizon. The character of Muscliffe is marked by this proximity to wilder water and open green spaces, rather than the dense stone or industrial soot of larger centres. Residents often traverse the paths toward Redhill Park, where the wide expanses of grass offer a respite from the hum of the surrounding roads. Through the changing seasons, Muscliffe remains a place of deliberate transitions, where the suburban geometry meets the persistent, quiet pulse of the Dorset countryside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 308° NW
  • Berry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 065° ENE
  • Roi-mar Home Park (Park) — 0.7 mi, 092° E
  • Redhill Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 241° WSW
  • Bournemouth Little Theatre Club (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 217° SW
  • Adventure Wonderland Maze (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 039° NE
  • Bournemouth Aviation Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 042° NE
  • Leaden Stour (River) — 1.5 mi, 096° E
  • Dudsbury Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.8 mi, 315° NW
  • Dudsbury Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 316° NW · 7 ha
  • Site of Kinson Village Pound (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 288° WNW
  • Bill & Bob's Sundial (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 283° WNW
  • Dragonfly Hollow (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 278° W
  • Base of ancient farm building (Historic Ruins) — 1.8 mi, 273° W
  • Mag'S Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 334° NNW
  • Fernheath Valley (Valley) — 2.0 mi, 254° WSW
  • Millham's Stream (River) — 2.0 mi, 298° WNW
  • Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.0 mi, 192° SSW · 10 ha
  • Ralph'S Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 340° NNW
  • Turbary And Kinson Commons Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 263° W · 36 ha
  • Hurn Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 024° NNE · 84 ha
  • Museum Of Design In Plastics (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 227° SW
  • North Light Studios (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 227° SW
  • Cunningham Crescent Skate Park (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 262° W
  • Longham Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 304° WNW
  • Bournemouth Natural Science Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 174° S
  • Hurn Forest (Forest / Woodland) — 2.8 mi, 042° NE
  • Coy Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 220° SW
  • Cenotaph (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 197° SSW
  • Bournemouth Aviary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.0 mi, 191° S

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About This Muscliffe Map Page

Explore Muscliffe, 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: 50.761720, -1.862504. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtOctober 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.