Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Crossways, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Crossways 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 Crossways, 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 | Crossways |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.694286 |
| Longitude | -2.329162 |
| Place Type | Village |
Crossways emerges from the Dorset landscape as a convergence of modern residential expansion and the ancient, quiet pulse of the chalk downs. It lies 5.0 miles east-south-east of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 107°T, OS grid SY 768 883), and is situated west-south-west of Moreton village. The terrain here holds a particular quality of light, reflecting off the pale, porous earth that defines this corner of the South West. To the south-east, the silent earthwork in Bowley's Plantation stands as a weathered sentinel, grounding the modern lines of Crossways in the deeper chronology of the land. A short distance further, the waters of The Lake catch the shifting clouds, offering a cool, reflective counterpoint to the dry heathland nearby. Residents often walk the fringes where the developed land abuts the wilder stretches of the countryside, feeling the transition from paved street to the sandy, acidic soils of the heaths. This landscape encourages a sharp awareness of the horizon, where the sky seems to press closer to the ground than it does in the sheltered valleys further north. Through these connections, Crossways remains tethered to the broader, windswept character of the Dorset interior.
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Explore Crossways, 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: 50.694286, -2.329162. 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 | September 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. |