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Where is Sandhills?

Sandhills is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, seven miles east of the town of Beaminster, 27 miles west of the major town of Poole, 53 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 118 miles south-west of London. Sandhills lies six miles south-east of the Somerset border. Sandhills falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the DT2 postcode district. The post town for Sandhills is Dorchester.

Sandhills on a map

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

Which county is Sandhills in?

Sandhills 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 Sandhills in Dorset?

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

Map showing location of Sandhills within Dorset
Location of Sandhills within Dorset

What is the postcode for Sandhills?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sandhills is DT2 0HQ.

Where is Sandhills in DT2?

Sandhills is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DT2 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the DT2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sandhills within DT2
Location of Sandhills within DT2

What is the post town for Sandhills?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Sandhills?

The centre of Sandhills is located at position 50.80198° latitude and -2.58976° longitude.

Latitude50.80198°
Longitude-2.58976°

What is the easting and northing of Sandhills?

The centre of Sandhills is located at the grid reference easting 358536 and northing 100435 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting358536
Northing100435

What are the nearest towns to Sandhills?

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

east
7m
Sandhills is 7 miles east of Beaminster
north-east
9m
Sandhills is 9 miles north-east of Bridport
north-west
9m
Sandhills is 9 miles north-west of Dorchester
south
10m
Sandhills is 10 miles south of Yeovil
south
11m
Sandhills is 11 miles south of Sherborne
south-east
11m
Sandhills is 11 miles south-east of Crewkerne
north
13m
Sandhills is 13 miles north of Chickerell
south-east
14m
Sandhills is 14 miles south-east of South Petherton
south-west
14m
Sandhills is 14 miles south-west of Stalbridge
north-west
15m
Sandhills is 15 miles north-west of Weymouth

What are the nearest cities to Sandhills?

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

south
28m
Sandhills is 28 miles south of Wells
south-west
39m
Sandhills is 39 miles south-west of Salisbury
south
41m
Sandhills is 41 miles south of Bath
east
42m
Sandhills is 42 miles east of Exeter
south
45m
Sandhills is 45 miles south of Bristol
west
52m
Sandhills is 52 miles west of Southampton
south-east
53m
Sandhills is 53 miles south-east of Cardiff
south
57m
Sandhills is 57 miles south of Newport
west
59m
Sandhills is 59 miles west of Winchester
west
66m
Sandhills is 66 miles west of Portsmouth