Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Wraxall, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wraxall 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 | Wraxall |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.806882 |
| Longitude | -2.608941 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Wraxall’s quietude hums with the subtle energy of the land. It lies 9.1 km east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 92°T, OS grid ST 571 009), and is situated south-east of Rampisham village. The lanes here wind with a gentle persistence, bordered by hedgerows that carry the scent of damp earth and the faint sweetness of hawthorn in bloom, a quiet testament to generations of cultivation. A small, unpretentious church, its stone weathered to a soft grey, anchors Wraxall, its spire a slender finger pointing towards the vast, often cloud-strewn skies of Dorset. The fields around Wraxall seem to hold their breath under the wide expanse, their colours shifting with the seasons, from the pale gold of ripening wheat to the deep, rich brown of ploughed earth. Life in Wraxall unfolds with a measured pace, a quiet unfolding of days that echoes the slow turning of the earth.
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Explore Wraxall, 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: 50.806882, -2.608941. 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. |