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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tyneham, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Dorset or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Tyneham and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Tyneham |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.622633 |
| Longitude | -2.168439 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Tyneham remains a ghost of the Dorset coast, held fast in a stillness that outlives the families who departed in 1943. It lies 5.1 miles south-south-west of Wareham (from Wareham: bearing 210°T, OS grid SY 881 803), and is situated south-east of East Lulworth village. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, salt-laden air of the South Dorset Coast Sssi, which presses against the limestone walls of the abandoned cottages. Sun-bleached stone at Tyneham Post Office stands in mute testimony to a domestic life now reclaimed by the encroaching scrub and the persistent, rhythmic hum of the nearby firing ranges. Above the valley, the slopes of Whiteway Hill catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the empty tracks that lead toward the sea. Visitors wander through the roofless rooms where history is measured in the peeling paint of the schoolhouse rather than the ticking of a clock. The silence of Tyneham is not empty, but heavy with the weight of interrupted lives left to weather under a vast and indifferent sky.
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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 | 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. |