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Where is Moorside?

Moorside is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, three miles north of the town of Sturminster Newton, 22 miles north-west of the major town of Poole, 52 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 101 miles south-west of London. Moorside lies two miles south-east of the Somerset border. Moorside falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the DT10 postcode district. The post town for Moorside is Sturminster Newton.

Moorside on a map

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

Which county is Moorside in?

Moorside 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 Moorside in Dorset?

Moorside is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Dorset, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Dorset.

Map showing location of Moorside within Dorset
Location of Moorside within Dorset

What is the postcode for Moorside?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Moorside is DT10 1HH.

Where is Moorside in DT10?

Moorside is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the DT10 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DT10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Moorside within DT10
Location of Moorside within DT10

What is the post town for Moorside?

The post town for Moorside is Sturminster Newton. Moorside is in the DT10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Sturminster Newton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Moorside?

The centre of Moorside is located at position 50.97056° latitude and -2.29068° longitude.

Latitude50.97056°
Longitude-2.29068°

What is the easting and northing of Moorside?

The centre of Moorside is located at the grid reference easting 379686 and northing 119056 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting379686
Northing119056

What are the nearest towns to Moorside?

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

north
3m
Moorside is 3 miles north of Sturminster Newton
east
4m
Moorside is 4 miles east of Stalbridge
south
5m
Moorside is 5 miles south of Gillingham
south-west
5m
Moorside is 5 miles south-west of Shaftesbury
south-east
8m
Moorside is 8 miles south-east of Wincanton
south
8m
Moorside is 8 miles south of Mere
north-west
10m
Moorside is 10 miles north-west of Blandford Forum
east
10m
Moorside is 10 miles east of Sherborne
south-east
12m
Moorside is 12 miles south-east of Bruton
south-east
13m
Moorside is 13 miles south-east of Castle Cary

What are the nearest cities to Moorside?

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

south-east
23m
Moorside is 23 miles south-east of Wells
west
23m
Moorside is 23 miles west of Salisbury
south
29m
Moorside is 29 miles south of Bath
south
36m
Moorside is 36 miles south of Bristol
west
39m
Moorside is 39 miles west of Southampton
west
43m
Moorside is 43 miles west of Winchester
south-east
52m
Moorside is 52 miles south-east of Cardiff
south-east
53m
Moorside is 53 miles south-east of Newport
west
54m
Moorside is 54 miles west of Portsmouth
east
57m
Moorside is 57 miles east of Exeter