Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Ulwell, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ulwell 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 | Ulwell |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.627437 |
| Longitude | -1.970286 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ulwell, a quiet Dorset hamlet, rests amidst rolling Purbeck Hills. It lies 2.4 km north-north-west of Swanage (from Swanage: bearing 335°T, OS grid SZ 021 808), and is situated west-south-west of Glebeland Estate village. The air here often carries a faint, salty tang from the nearby coast, a whisper of the sea that shapes this corner of England. Ancient chalk downs, their slopes softened by the passage of centuries, form a gentle backdrop, their contours catching the sunlight in a way that seems to imbue the very earth with a pale, ethereal glow. Though small, Ulwell’s very presence speaks of a long agricultural past, its fields a patchwork of greens and golds, hinting at the quiet labours that have sustained life here for generations. The nearby Swanage Bay, a crescent of sand and shingle, offers a constant reminder of the elemental forces that shape this coastline, the tides a persistent, whispered conversation.
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Explore Ulwell, 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: 50.627437, -1.970286. 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. |