Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Shothole, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shothole 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 Shothole, 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 | Shothole |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.854515 |
| Longitude | -2.204108 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Shothole remains a quiet enclave where the chalky earth of Dorset meets the patient, slow-moving currents of the River Stour. It lies 1.7 miles west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 264°T, OS grid ST 857 061), and is situated west-south-west of Bryanston village. Sunlight here has a particular clarity, catching the flint walls of the older cottages and turning them into pale, bruised silver as the afternoon wanes. To the north-northeast, the dense canopy of The Hanging creates a dark, serrated horizon that shelters Shothole from the biting winds sweeping off the open downland. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the ancient earthworks of the Field System In Old Park serve as a silent reminder of centuries of agrarian toil, where the soil still holds the ghost-lines of long-forgotten furrows. The local atmosphere is defined by this proximity to wilder, wooded edges, where the air tastes faintly of damp leaves and crushed limestone. Every path leading away from Shothole seems to hold a memory of the drovers and farmers who once traversed these chalk tracks. Even now, the silence remains deep enough to hear the sudden, sharp alarm of a pheasant breaking cover within the nearby thickets.
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Explore Shothole, 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: 50.854515, -2.204108. 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. |