(Hamlet near Farnham)
Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore New Town, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the New Town 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 | New Town |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.940539 |
| Longitude | -2.073047 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
New Town offers a quiet contemplation of Dorset's rolling heartland. It lies 11.3 km south-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 130°T, OS grid ST 949 156), and is situated west-north-west of Farnham village. The hamlet unfolds with a gentle grace, where hedgerows, thick with the scent of hawthorn in bloom, trace the contours of the land, their ancient lines whispering of seasons past. The houses of New Town, built from the warm, honeyed stone characteristic of this region, seem to absorb the pale, diffused sunlight of the South West, giving the lanes a soft, inviting glow. A sense of enduring quietude pervades, broken only by the distant bleating of sheep or the rustle of leaves, suggesting a place content in its own unhurried existence.
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Explore New Town, 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: 50.940539, -2.073047. 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. |