Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Tyneham, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tyneham 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.
| Place | Tyneham |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.622633 |
| Longitude | -2.168439 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Tyneham, a place now famously silent, holds a quiet charm on the Dorset coast. It lies 8.2 km south-south-west of Wareham (from Wareham: bearing 210°T, OS grid SY 881 803), and is situated south-east of East Lulworth village. Though its houses stand empty, a palpable sense of life once flowed through Tyneham, evident in the weathered stone of the schoolhouse and the sturdy parish church. The air here, carrying the faint, salty tang of the nearby sea, seems to hold echoes of footsteps on the village green, where children might once have played beneath the wide, often brilliantly blue, Dorset sky. A gentle stream meanders through the valley, its quiet murmur a constant companion to the hushed landscape. The surrounding countryside, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, rolls with a soft, green grace towards the dramatic coastline.
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Explore Tyneham, 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: 50.622633, -2.168439. 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. |