Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
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| Place | Tarrant Rawston |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.858482 |
| Longitude | -2.088121 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Tarrant Rawston rests in a gentle hollow, its fields catching the morning sun. It lies 5.4 km east of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 88°T, OS grid ST 938 065), and is situated north-north-east of Tarrant Rushton village. The land here breathes a quiet agricultural rhythm, the chalk downs rising softly around the scattered farmsteads and cottages. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, trace the boundaries of fields where sheep graze, their wool catching the light like scattered pearls. The River Tarrant, a slender ribbon of water, whispers its way through the landscape, its banks often fringed with willows that dip their branches in salute. Though no grand abbey or castle dominates the skyline, the very air of Tarrant Rawston carries a sense of enduring peace, a continuity of generations who have tended this soil.
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Explore Tarrant Rawston, 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: 50.858482, -2.088121. 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. |