Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore West Knighton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Knighton 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 | West Knighton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.687848 |
| Longitude | -2.379074 |
| Place Type | Village |
West Knighton, a Dorset village, cultivates a quiet presence in the South West of England. It lies 5.2 km south-east of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 126°T, OS grid SY 733 876), and is situated north-north-east of Broadmayne village. The land around West Knighton flows with a gentle, almost imperceptible grace, the chalk downs lending a soft, luminous quality to the afternoon light that spills across the fields. Its modest cluster of dwellings, many of them stone cottages with roofs that have weathered countless seasons, speaks of a continuity that is both reassuring and profound. The village church, St. Peter's, stands as a modest but steadfast sentinel, its ancient stones absorbing the quiet hum of village life. West Knighton’s character is not one of grand pronouncements but of enduring, elemental truths, much like the steady flow of the nearby River Frome.
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Explore West Knighton, 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: 50.687848, -2.379074. 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. |