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Rivers' Corner Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

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

Interactive Map of Rivers' Corner, Dorset

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PlaceRivers' Corner
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.913094
Longitude-2.319155
Place TypeHamlet

About Rivers' Corner

Rivers' Corner remains a quiet enclave where the Dorset landscape unfolds in long, deliberate stretches of pasture and hedge. It lies 1.1 miles south-south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 213°T, OS grid ST 776 126), and is situated west of Broad Oak village. The light here often catches the damp earth with a silvery clarity, reflecting the slow, deliberate movement of the nearby Coombs Stream as it winds through the fields. Ancient remnants of human occupation persist in the vicinity, including the earthworks of the hillfort on Banbury Hill, which watches over the surrounding lowlands with a weathered, stoic presence. The agricultural character of Rivers' Corner is defined by these persistent horizons, where the sky seems to exert a heavy, grounding influence upon the hedgerows. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the hamlet, the expansive Piddles Wood SSSI offers a dense, rhythmic backdrop of timber that shifts in colour with the passing seasons. Residents maintain a connection to the broader rhythm of the Blackmore Vale, where the traditions of the land remain more vivid than the shifting currents of modern life. Rivers' Corner endures as a place of steady, quiet purpose, anchored by the soil and the persistent, unyielding geography of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Coombs Stream (River) — 0.6 mi, 066° ENE
  • Sturminster Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 050° NE · 2 ha
  • Site Of Roman Villa Nne Of Fifehead Mill (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 190° S · 2 ha
  • Hillfort On Banbury Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 119° ESE · 3 ha
  • Banbury Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 117° ESE
  • Sturminster Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 035° NE
  • The Railway Gardens (Park) — 1.2 mi, 035° NE
  • Piddles Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 083° E · 73 ha
  • Dunch Mouth (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 004° N
  • Chivrick's Brook (River) — 2.0 mi, 044° NE
  • Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.4 mi, 256° WSW · 296 ha
  • Cutt Mill (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 359° N
  • Hibbett Bottom (Valley) — 2.7 mi, 137° SE
  • Lydlinch Common (Forest / Woodland) — 2.8 mi, 279° W
  • Bell Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.1 mi, 149° SSE
  • Stalbridge Nature Reserve (Park) — 3.7 mi, 326° NW
  • Eastcombe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 115° ESE
  • Ranston (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.5 mi, 095° E · 63 ha
  • Stour Micro Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 011° NNE
  • Iwerne Minster Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 079° E
  • Bingham'S Melcombe (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 6.6 mi, 182° S · 19 ha
  • Milton Abbey (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 6.6 mi, 171° S · 547 ha
  • The Coade Theatre (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 118° ESE
  • The Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 171° S
  • Gartell Light Railway (Theme Park) — 6.7 mi, 327° NNW
  • Henley Hillbillies & Badger Watch (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 224° SW
  • Sherborne Castle (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 7.6 mi, 287° WNW · 456 ha
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 7.8 mi, 050° NE
  • Blandford Fashion Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 120° ESE
  • Blandford Town Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 120° ESE

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About This Rivers' Corner Map Page

Explore Rivers' Corner, 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: 50.913094, -2.319155. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.