Dorset
North Dorset District
Compton Abbas

Compton Abbas

Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north , . It lies 3 miles south of the town of . It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of .
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  • Type: Village with 216 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Compton Abbas, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Compton Abbas and Church of St Andrew.

Aerodrome
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airfield is a grass airstrip 2.7 NM south of , , . Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.

Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontmell Magna and Melbury Abbas.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, close to the chalk hills of , on the A350 road five miles south of and eight miles north of .

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in north , . It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of , 2 miles south-southwest of the town of .

Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles west of Compton Abbas.

Compton Abbas

Latitude
50.965° or 50° 57′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.1874° or 2° 11′ 15″ west
Population
216
Elevation
404 feet (123 metres)
Open location code
9C2VXR77+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 436174189
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2652486
Wiki­data ID
Q2195693
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Compton Abbas” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Compton Abbas”
  • Chinese: “Compton Abbas”
  • Dutch: “Compton Abbas”
  • French: “Compton Abbas”
  • Irish: “Compton Abbas”
  • Italian: “Compton Abbas”
  • Ladin: “Compton Abbas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Compton Abbas”
  • Polish: “Compton Abbas”
  • Swedish: “Compton Abbas”
  • Turkish: “Compton Abbas”
  • Welsh: “Compton Abbas”

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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 “Compton Abbas”. Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.