Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Three Gates, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Three Gates 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 Three Gates, 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 | Three Gates |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.867724 |
| Longitude | -2.522111 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Three Gates emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the shifting moods of the West Country sky. It lies 5.6 miles south of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 183°T, OS grid ST 633 077), and is situated west-north-west of Hermitage village. The terrain here rises in modest swells, where the morning light often catches the damp, heavy clay of the fields before the mist has fully retreated. To the north-west, the earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze near White Hall Farm offer a silent, circular geometry that has lingered in the grass for centuries. Three Gates maintains a watchful proximity to the higher ground of Telegraph Hill, which stands as a dark, brooding silhouette against the southern horizon. Life in Three Gates follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding farmland, where the hedgerows are thick with the tangled growth of hawthorn and elder. The air carries a distinct, sharp clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the stone walls and timber gates. Visitors traversing these lanes find that the landscape demands a measured pace, rewarding those who observe how the shadows lengthen across the chalky soil as the day wanes.
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Explore Three Gates, 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: 50.867724, -2.522111. 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. |