(Village)
Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Pimperne, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pimperne 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 | Pimperne |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.883614 |
| Longitude | -2.136330 |
| Place Type | Village |
Pimperne breathes the quiet hum of Dorset's heartland. It lies 3.6 km north-east of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 34°T, OS grid ST 905 093). The River Piddle, a silver ribbon, threads its way through the surrounding countryside, lending a gentle murmur to the air, while the chalk downs rise like sleeping giants in the distance, their slopes dusted with the gold of ripening crops. For centuries, Pimperne has been a place of agricultural toil, its fields yielding their bounty under a sky that often shifts from brilliant blue to the soft grey of an approaching shower. The ancient parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul stands as a sentinel, its weathered stone a testament to the quiet endurance of this place, its bells marking the passage of time for generations of villagers. The scent of woodsmoke often drifts on the breeze, a comforting reminder of hearths and homes, and the village green, a patchwork of emerald, invites a moment of repose under the wide, open sky.
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Explore Pimperne, 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: 50.883614, -2.136330. 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. |