Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Trickett's Cross, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Trickett's Cross 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.
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| Place | Trickett's Cross |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.807703 |
| Longitude | -1.874177 |
| Place Type | Village |
Trickett's Cross draws its character from the shifting light that plays across the low-lying heaths of Dorset. It lies 0.8 miles east-north-east of Ferndown (from Ferndown: bearing 58°T, OS grid SU 089 009). The geography here is defined by the Parley Common SSSI, a rugged expanse where heather and gorse hold the sandy soil in a firm, ancient grip. A short distance to the north-east, the waters of Uddens Water carve a quiet, silver path through the landscape, feeding the damp, peaty margins of the earth. Trickett's Cross remains a place of transition, where the suburban edge meets the wild, unkempt breath of the heathland. Near the village, the low, grassy swell of a bowl barrow rises from the ground, a silent witness to the centuries that have passed over this terrain. The air here feels thin and clear, catching the salt-tinged breeze that travels inland from the coast to brush against the pine stands. Such remnants of the prehistoric world lend a solemn, enduring weight to the otherwise modest surroundings of Trickett's Cross.
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Explore Trickett's Cross, 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: 50.807703, -1.874177. 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. |