Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Winterborne Houghton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Winterborne Houghton 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 Winterborne Houghton, 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 | Winterborne Houghton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.839446 |
| Longitude | -2.257143 |
| Place Type | Village |
Winterborne Houghton occupies a quiet fold in the Dorset landscape, where the chalk downs rise in pale, silent curves against the sky. It lies 4.2 miles west-south-west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 253°T, OS grid ST 819 044), and is situated west of Winterborne Stickland village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the flint-knapped walls of the local cottages as if to remind the observer of the ancient stone beneath their feet. To the south, the Bowl Barrow 150M North East Of Dunbury marks the horizon with a deliberate, earthen gravity that has persisted for millennia. The land rises further toward the west, where the expansive terrain of Higher Houghton SSSI offers a stark, unadorned beauty of chalk grassland and rare flora. Winterborne Houghton remains tethered to this agricultural rhythm, its history written not in grand monuments but in the subtle shifting of the hedgerows and the persistent, clear flow of the winterborne stream. The earthworks on Houghton South Down, including a group of three round barrows, provide a physical anchor to the past, standing as quiet sentinels over the modern fields. Such places suggest that time is not a linear progression, but a series of layers waiting patiently for the rain to reveal their edges.
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Explore Winterborne Houghton, 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: 50.839446, -2.257143. 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. |