Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Spetisbury, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Spetisbury 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 Spetisbury, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Dorset or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Spetisbury and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Spetisbury |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.816264 |
| Longitude | -2.116814 |
| Place Type | Village |
Spetisbury commands a quiet dignity upon the lush floor of the Stour valley, where the river winds in lazy, silver loops through the Dorset chalklands. It lies 3.5 miles south-east of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 143°T, OS grid ST 918 018), and is situated west of Shapwick village. Rising sharply above the western bank, the earthworks of Spettisbury Ring hold the silence of an ancient past, their grassy ramparts now softened by the passage of centuries. This slight univallate hillfort, known as Crawford Castle, watches over the low-lying meadows where the air often hangs heavy and cool with the scent of damp earth. The light here catches the limestone facades of the houses, giving them a pale, luminous quality that seems to shimmer against the deep greens of the surrounding fields. Time moves with a deliberate, rhythmic patience, undisturbed by the hurried clamour of the modern world beyond the horizon. Visitors find the landscape holds a persistent, melancholy beauty, particularly when the low sun casts long shadows across the pasture. Spetisbury remains a place where the physical weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the very stillness of the morning mist clinging to the valley floor.
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Explore Spetisbury, 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: 50.816264, -2.116814. 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. |