Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Sandpit, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sandpit 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 | Sandpit |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.837594 |
| Longitude | -2.818684 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sandpit rests, a quiet gathering of dwellings in Dorset's rolling countryside. It lies 5.5 km south-south-west of Crewkerne (from Crewkerne: bearing 197°T, OS grid ST 424 045), and is situated south-east of Drimpton village. The land here hums with the patient work of agriculture, the hedgerows a deep green testament to seasons past, where the light often falls with a soft, diffused quality, softening the edges of the fields. Though its origins are humble, the very name Sandpit evokes a sense of the earth's raw materials, hinting at a past where the ground itself provided substance. A subtle quietude pervades Sandpit, a peace that seems to emanate from the very soil, undisturbed by the clamour of more bustling locales.
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Explore Sandpit, 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: 50.837594, -2.818684. 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. |