Traditional county: Dorset · Unitary authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Region: South West
Explore Rockley Sands, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rockley Sands 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 Rockley Sands, 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 | Rockley Sands |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.719514 |
| Longitude | -2.028973 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Rockley Sands occupies a quiet corner of the Dorset shoreline where the land yields gracefully to the salt-brined reach of the harbour. It lies 2.1 miles west of Poole (from Poole: bearing 271°T, OS grid SY 980 910), and is situated south of Upton village. The terrain here holds the memory of the tide, where the low-lying Ham Common acts as a threshold between the suburban edge and the wild, shifting character of the coast. To the west, the gentle slope of Rockley Vale directs the eye toward the water, where the light often catches the surface with a silver, flickering intensity that shifts as the day progresses. History lingers in the nearby ruins of the Flying Boat fuel depot, a skeletal reminder of an era when the sky above these waters hummed with the ambition of early aviation. Visitors often traverse the paths leading toward the shore, finding that the air here possesses a particular clarity, scrubbed clean by the prevailing winds from the English Channel. Rockley Sands remains a place of understated transition, where the permanence of the brickwork meets the restless, rhythmic pulse of the harbour. Each evening, the shadows lengthen across the grass with a deliberate, quiet patience that speaks of the slow turning of the seasons.
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Explore Rockley Sands, 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: 50.719514, -2.028973. 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. |