Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Up Cerne, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Up Cerne 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 Up Cerne, 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.
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| Place | Up Cerne |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.824054 |
| Longitude | -2.487295 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Up Cerne exists as a quiet collection of dwellings tucked away within the deep, chalk-rich folds of the Dorset countryside. It lies 7.8 miles north-north-west of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 344°T, OS grid ST 657 028), and is situated north-north-west of Cerne Abbas village. The manor house at Up Cerne anchors the landscape, its stone walls absorbing a light that seems to linger longer here than upon the surrounding ridges. To the north, the ancient earthworks of High Cank rise against the horizon, marking a landscape where the ghosts of prehistoric henges persist in the silence of the hills. Beneath these slopes, the Great Pond reflects the passing clouds, offering a still, silver mirror to the cattle that graze the nearby pastures. The terrain rises sharply toward Farm Hill, where the soil holds the memory of early agricultural labour in the form of buried field systems. Up Cerne remains defined by this proximity to the high, exposed chalk, where the wind carries the scent of wild thyme and the stark clarity of an open sky. Time here is measured not by the passage of hours, but by the slow rotation of the seasons across the valley floor.
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Explore Up Cerne, 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: 50.824054, -2.487295. 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. |