Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Shroton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shroton 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 Shroton, 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 | Shroton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.913978 |
| Longitude | -2.201126 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shroton occupies a sheltered hollow where the chalk earth meets the sky in a long, unbroken arc. It lies 4.2 miles north-north-west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 338°T, OS grid ST 859 127), and is situated south-south-west of Iwerne Minster village. The architecture of Shroton gathers around a wide green, where the flint-knapped walls catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. To the west, the ramparts of the Causewayed Camp on Hambledon Hill rise as a permanent sentinel, marking the ancient, grass-grown boundaries of human ambition. The landscape here falls within the Hod and Hambledon Hills SSSI, a terrain defined by rare orchids and the sharp, clean scent of dry chalk slopes. Farmers still work the fields that roll toward the horizon, their tractors tracing patterns against the darker folds of the land. History is felt in the weight of the stone and the silence of the high ridges, where the wind carries the memory of iron tools and heavy wool. This corner of Dorset remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, keeping the memory of the land as clear as the morning frost.
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Explore Shroton, 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: 50.913978, -2.201126. 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. |