Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore White Post, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the White Post 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 White Post, 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 | White Post |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.984119 |
| Longitude | -2.293814 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
White Post retains a quiet, stoic presence where the heavy clay soils of the Dorset landscape meet the sky. It lies 3.8 miles south-south-west of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 192°T, OS grid ST 794 205), and is situated north-north-west of Todber village. The rising ground of Quarry Hill stands a mere fraction of a mile to the south-south-east, casting long, deliberate shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon light begins to thin. Below these slopes, the land unfolds into the expansive, rain-washed basin of the Blackmore Vale, a vast expanse that dictates the slow, seasonal pulse of the local agricultural life. A sense of solitude defines the crossroads here, where the modern road cuts through a countryside that feels older than the tarmac itself. The Stour Micro Museum sits just to the north, preserving fragments of a past that otherwise slips easily into the tall, thick-seeded grasses of the verges. White Post remains a place of transition, marked by the steady, persistent growth of hedgerows that seem to hold the memory of countless generations of travellers.
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Explore White Post, 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: 50.984119, -2.293814. 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. |