Portesham
Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles northwest of Weymouth, 6 miles southwest of the county town Dorchester, and 2 miles northeast of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site at Chesil Beach.
- Village with about 740 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 250 feet (80 metres)
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as“Portesham, Dorset”“Portisham”
Places of Interest
Discover Hell Stone and Hampton Down Stone Circle.
Hell Stone
The Hell Stone is a badly-restored Neolithic dolmen on Portesham Hill in Dorset, England.
Hampton Down Stone Circle
The Hampton Down Stone Circle is a stone circle…
Hardy Monument
The Hardy Monument is a 72-foot-high monument on the summit of Black Down near Portesham in Dorset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbotsbury and Nottington.
Abbotsbury
Abbotsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset.
Nottington
Nottington is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of Dorset, England.
4 miles southeast of Portesham
Chickerell
Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles north-west of Weymouth.
4 miles southeast of Portesham
Portesham
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Latitude
50.67064° or 50° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.56473° or 2° 33′ 53″ west
Open location code
9C2VMCCP+74
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Portesham” goes by many names.
PorteshamBasque
PorteshamCebuano
PorteshamDutch
PorteshamIrish
PorteshamItalian
PorteshamLadin
PorteshamMin Nan Chinese
پورتشمPersian
PorteshamPolish
PorteshamSwedish
پورٹیشامUrdu
PorteshamWelsh
PorteshamWestern Frisian
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