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Where is Cross Lanes?

Cross Lanes is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, eight miles south of the town of Sturminster Newton, 17 miles north-west of the major town of Poole, 58 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 108 miles south-west of London. Cross Lanes falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the DT2 postcode district. The post town for Cross Lanes is Dorchester.

Cross Lanes on a map

Map showing extent of Cross Lanes as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Cross Lanes
Map showing location of Cross Lanes within the UK
Location of Cross Lanes within the UK

Which county is Cross Lanes in?

Cross Lanes is in the ceremonial county of Dorset, the historic county of Dorset, and the administrative county of Dorset.

Ceremonial CountyDorset
Historic CountyDorset
Administrative CountyDorset

Where is Cross Lanes in Dorset?

Cross Lanes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Dorset, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Dorset.

Map showing location of Cross Lanes within Dorset
Location of Cross Lanes within Dorset

What is the postcode for Cross Lanes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cross Lanes is DT2 7UJ.

Where is Cross Lanes in DT2?

Cross Lanes is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the DT2 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DT2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Cross Lanes within DT2
Location of Cross Lanes within DT2

What is the post town for Cross Lanes?

The post town for Cross Lanes is Dorchester. Cross Lanes is in the DT2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Dorchester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Cross Lanes?

The centre of Cross Lanes is located at position 50.81949° latitude and -2.34237° longitude.

Latitude50.81949°
Longitude-2.34237°

What is the easting and northing of Cross Lanes?

The centre of Cross Lanes is located at the grid reference easting 375979 and northing 102272 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting375979
Northing102272

What are the nearest towns to Cross Lanes?

Position of Cross Lanes relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Cross Lanes to the centre of the town.

south
8m
Cross Lanes is 8 miles south of Sturminster Newton
west
8m
Cross Lanes is 8 miles west of Blandford Forum
north-east
8m
Cross Lanes is 8 miles north-east of Dorchester
south
10m
Cross Lanes is 10 miles south of Stalbridge
south-east
12m
Cross Lanes is 12 miles south-east of Sherborne
north-west
14m
Cross Lanes is 14 miles north-west of Wareham
south-west
14m
Cross Lanes is 14 miles south-west of Shaftesbury
north-east
15m
Cross Lanes is 15 miles north-east of Chickerell
south-east
15m
Cross Lanes is 15 miles south-east of Yeovil
south
15m
Cross Lanes is 15 miles south of Gillingham

What are the nearest cities to Cross Lanes?

Position of Cross Lanes relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Cross Lanes to the centre of the city.

south-west
29m
Cross Lanes is 29 miles south-west of Salisbury
south-east
30m
Cross Lanes is 30 miles south-east of Wells
south
39m
Cross Lanes is 39 miles south of Bath
west
41m
Cross Lanes is 41 miles west of Southampton
south
45m
Cross Lanes is 45 miles south of Bristol
west
48m
Cross Lanes is 48 miles west of Winchester
east
53m
Cross Lanes is 53 miles east of Exeter
west
55m
Cross Lanes is 55 miles west of Portsmouth
south-east
58m
Cross Lanes is 58 miles south-east of Cardiff
south-east
60m
Cross Lanes is 60 miles south-east of Newport