Dorset
North Dorset District
Hilton

Hilton

Hilton is a village and civil parish in the county of in southern . It is sited at an elevation of 135 metres in a small valley which drains chalk hills in the eastern part of the Dorset Downs, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of the town of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 479 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Hilton, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of All Saints and Church of St Andrew, Melcombe Horsey.

Church
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Marilyn Peddle, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansty and Melcombe Bingham.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of Hilton, in , England, north of and west of . It consists of the settlements of Higher , Lower , Pleck and Cross.

Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melcombe Horsey is a civil parish in the county of in . It contains the small settlements of , Bingham's Melcombe and Higher Melcombe, the last being the site of the deserted village of Melcombe Horsey.

Locality
Photo: Carl Whitehouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , also called the Dorset Gap, is an important, historic track junction - once the hub of central in southern - and a well known beauty spot and magnet for ramblers. is situated 2½ miles west of Hilton.

Hilton

Latitude
50.82517° or 50° 49′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.31067° or 2° 18′ 38″ west
Population
479
Elevation
666 feet (203 metres)
Open location code
9C2VRMGQ+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1584054282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2646876
Wiki­data ID
Q2223927
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hilton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hilton”
  • Chinese: “Hilton”
  • Dutch: “Hilton”
  • French: “Hilton”
  • Irish: “Hilton”
  • Italian: “Hilton (Dorset)”
  • Italian: “Hilton”
  • Ladin: “Hilton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hilton (Dorset)”
  • Persian: “هیلتون، دورست”
  • Polish: “Hilton”
  • Swedish: “Hilton, Dorset”
  • Swedish: “Hilton”
  • Welsh: “Hilton, Dorset”
  • Welsh: “Hilton”
  • “Hilton”

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Localities in the Area

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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 “Hilton”. Photo: PaleCloudedWhite, CC BY-SA 4.0.