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Newtown Dorset Map

(Suburban Area)

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

Explore Newtown, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Newtown 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.

Interactive Map of Newtown, Dorset

How to Use This Newtown, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Newtown, 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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PlaceNewtown
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.815667
Longitude-2.739718
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Newtown

Newtown reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings caught in the quiet, rolling folds of the Dorset countryside. It lies 0.5 miles north of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 356°T, OS grid ST 479 020). The morning light here often catches the damp surfaces of the nearby Whatley Pond, turning the water into a sheet of polished grey steel before the sun climbs fully over the horizon. Newtown occupies a landscape defined by sharp, green inclines and the steady, hidden movement of water through local drainage channels. To the south, the slopes of Tower Hill rise with a quiet, imposing weight, acting as a natural sentinel over the low-lying lanes. Residents move through their days with a steady, pragmatic pace, largely removed from the frantic pulse of larger urban centres. The air carries the distinct, earthy scent of pasture and limestone, a reminder of the ancient, shallow soils that support the local agricultural character. Even in the height of summer, a cool, lingering dampness clings to the shaded verges, giving the landscape a verdant, persistent vitality. Throughout the turning seasons, Newtown remains a place of subtle, rhythmic shifts, where the natural world asserts its presence against the quiet permanence of stone and lane.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Whatley Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.2 mi, 078° ENE
  • The Green (Park) — 0.5 mi, 128° SE
  • Manor Park Drain (River) — 0.5 mi, 161° SSE
  • Beaminster Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.5 mi, 115° ESE · 27 ha
  • Robinson Memorial (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 176° S
  • Tower Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 180° S
  • Church Street Drain (River) — 0.6 mi, 173° S
  • Beaminster Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 168° SSE
  • White Sheet Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 076° ENE
  • Parnham House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.1 mi, 190° S · 44 ha
  • Stokewater Meadow Donkey Walking Days (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 226° SW
  • Horn Park Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 268° W · 3 ha
  • Bowl Barrow On Beaminster Down 770M North East Of Higher Meerhay Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 052° NE
  • Down Farm Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 051° NE · 8 ha
  • Beaminster Bottom (Valley) — 1.8 mi, 061° ENE
  • Roman Fort On Waddon Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 258° WSW · 2 ha
  • Rakespit Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 001° N
  • Mapperton House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.2 mi, 136° SE · 23 ha
  • Bowl Barrow 230M North East Of Great Strode House (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 213° SSW
  • Luccombe Covert (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 218° SW
  • Furleigh Estate Wine Tours (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 212° SSW
  • Chedington Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 3.2 mi, 017° NNE
  • Park Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 095° E
  • Mangerton Mill (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 171° S
  • Wytherston Marsh (Wetland) — 4.5 mi, 121° ESE
  • Red Post (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 075° ENE
  • Kingcombe (National Nature Reserve) — 4.8 mi, 118° ESE · 310 ha
  • Ashmore Wood Nature Reserve (Park) — 5.2 mi, 356° N
  • Crewkerne Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 333° NNW
  • The Lyric Theatre (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 187° S

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About This Newtown Map Page

Explore Newtown, 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: 50.815667, -2.739718. 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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.