Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Waytown, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waytown 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 Waytown, 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 | Waytown |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.775906 |
| Longitude | -2.752947 |
| Place Type | Village |
Waytown occupies a quiet pocket of the Dorset landscape, where the earth seems to hold the light with a particular, pale intensity. It lies 2.4 miles south-south-west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 195°T, OS grid SY 470 976), and is situated south of Netherbury village. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic folding of hills that shelter the low-lying lanes from the harsher coastal winds. To the north-west, the ancient earthwork of the Bowl Barrow 230M North East Of Great Strode House stands as a silent sentinel over the fields, grounding the modern landscape in a deep and inscrutable antiquity. Not far away, the vines of the Furleigh Estate Wine Tours trace orderly lines across the slopes, introducing a refined industry that marks the passing of the seasons with the patient alchemy of the harvest. Waytown maintains a character of understated composure, where the limestone walls of the older dwellings seem to absorb the mist that rises from the nearby watercourses. Life moves with an internal logic dictated by the slope of the land and the shifting patterns of the clouds. These surroundings provide a sanctuary of stillness, far removed from the clamour of more frantic districts.
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Explore Waytown, 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: 50.775906, -2.752947. 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. |