(Suburban Area near Hurn)
Traditional county: Dorset · Unitary authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Region: South West
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| Place | Throop |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.762594 |
| Longitude | -1.849032 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Throop breathes a quiet existence on the Dorset landscape. It lies 5.0 km north-north-east of Bournemouth (from Bournemouth: bearing 23°T, OS grid SZ 107 959), and is situated west-south-west of Hurn village. The land around Throop holds a gentle character, sloping towards the River Stour, its waters reflecting the pale, often luminous sky. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, trace the boundaries of fields that have felt the plough for generations, their soil a rich, dark loam. Even the air here seems to carry a certain stillness, a pause between the bustling coast and the deeper countryside, where the distant murmur of traffic from Bournemouth fades into the rustle of leaves. Throop itself is a scattering of homes, some modern, others bearing the quiet dignity of older constructions, their roofs often a weathered, muted red.
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Explore Throop, 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: 50.762594, -1.849032. 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. |