Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Park Gate, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Park Gate 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 Park Gate, 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 | Park Gate |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.864844 |
| Longitude | -2.358171 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Park Gate marks the threshold where the rolling Dorset chalklands begin to soften into the quiet, damp pastures of the Blackmore Vale. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 208°T, OS grid ST 748 073), and is situated south-south-east of Hazelbury Bryan village. The horizon here is dominated by the steep, rounded spine of Pleck Hill, which rises with a stark, uncompromising clarity against the shifting grey of the English sky. From these heights, the land spills downward toward the verdant hollow of Skinners Bottom, where the air often hangs heavy and cool with the scent of crushed clover. Park Gate remains a place defined by its agricultural lineage, where the geometry of ancient hedgerows dictates the movement of the wind across the fields. Farmers here work a soil that holds the memory of centuries, a heavy clay that demands a patient, steady hand throughout the changing seasons. The light over the surrounding ridges possesses a particular, pale quality that seems to bleach the colour from the distance while sharpening the texture of every stone and gatepost. Such stillness characterizes the landscape, offering a reprieve from the clamour of more frantic, modern thoroughfares.
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Explore Park Gate, 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: 50.864844, -2.358171. 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. |