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Where is Sandhills?

Sandhills is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, five miles south-east of the town of Sherborne, 24 miles north-west of the major town of Poole, 52 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 109 miles south-west of London. Sandhills lies four miles south-east of the Somerset border. Sandhills falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the DT9 postcode district. The post town for Sandhills is Sherborne.

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 roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities 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 DT9 5LE.

Where is Sandhills in DT9?

Sandhills is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DT9 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DT9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sandhills within DT9
Location of Sandhills within DT9

What is the post town for Sandhills?

The post town for Sandhills is Sherborne. Sandhills is in the DT9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Sherborne.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sandhills?

The centre of Sandhills is located at position 50.8905° latitude and -2.44617° longitude.

Latitude50.8905°
Longitude-2.44617°

What is the easting and northing of Sandhills?

The centre of Sandhills is located at the grid reference easting 368714 and northing 110207 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting368714
Northing110207

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.

south-east
5m
Sandhills is 5 miles south-east of Sherborne
south-west
6m
Sandhills is 6 miles south-west of Stalbridge
west
7m
Sandhills is 7 miles west of Sturminster Newton
south-east
9m
Sandhills is 9 miles south-east of Yeovil
south
12m
Sandhills is 12 miles south of Wincanton
north
12m
Sandhills is 12 miles north of Dorchester
west
13m
Sandhills is 13 miles west of Blandford Forum
south-west
13m
Sandhills is 13 miles south-west of Gillingham
south-west
14m
Sandhills is 14 miles south-west of Shaftesbury
north-east
14m
Sandhills is 14 miles north-east of Beaminster

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
24m
Sandhills is 24 miles south of Wells
south-west
31m
Sandhills is 31 miles south-west of Salisbury
south
34m
Sandhills is 34 miles south of Bath
south
39m
Sandhills is 39 miles south of Bristol
west
46m
Sandhills is 46 miles west of Southampton
east
49m
Sandhills is 49 miles east of Exeter
west
51m
Sandhills is 51 miles west of Winchester
south-east
52m
Sandhills is 52 miles south-east of Cardiff
south-east
54m
Sandhills is 54 miles south-east of Newport
west
60m
Sandhills is 60 miles west of Portsmouth