Preston
Preston is a coastal village and suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. It is approximately 3 kilometres north-east of Weymouth town centre and 2 kilometres west of the village of Osmington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Preston, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Spice Ship Inn and Jordan Hill Roman Temple.
Jordan Hill Roman Temple
Archaeological site
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jordan Hill Roman Temple is a Romano-Celtic temple and Roman ruin situated on Jordan Hill above Bowleaze Cove in the eastern suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England.
Chalbury Hillfort
Heath
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chalbury Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort roughly 1 mile south-east of the village of Bincombe, in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Overcombe and Littlemoor.
Overcombe
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overcombe is a coastal area in Preston in south Dorset, England, situated on top of cliffs 2 miles northeast of Weymouth. The River Jordan flows in the vicinity.
Littlemoor
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlemoor is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Littlemoor is about 2 miles to the north of the town centre. The nearest railway station is Upwey 0.5 miles to the west.
Osmington
Village
Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Osmington is a village and civil parish within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast 4 miles north-east of Weymouth. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlements of Upton, Ringstead and Osmington Mills—had a population of 673.
Preston
- Category: locality
- Location: Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.64756° or 50° 38′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.4216° or 2° 25′ 18″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C2VJHXH+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 1604658266OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Preston” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Preston (Dorset)”
- Basque: “Preston”
- Dutch: “Preston, Dorset”
- Irish: “Preston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Preston”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Preston i Dorset”
- Norwegian: “Preston”
- Persian: “پرستون، دورست”
- Polish: “Preston”
- Spanish: “Preston”
- Swedish: “Preston, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Preston”
- Welsh: “Preston, Dorset”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sutton Poyntz and Bincombe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sutton Road Evangelical Church and Preston Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Preston”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.