Batcombe
Batcombe is a small straggling village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 12 miles north-west of Dorchester below the northern scarp slope of the Dorset Downs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 102 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Batcombe, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Mary and Church of St Nicholas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Up Sydling and Holywell.
Up Sydling
Hamlet
Up Sydling is a hamlet in west Dorset, England. It is situated at the head of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome, ten miles north of Dorchester. The hamlet is in the parish of Sydling St Nicholas, about a mile north of the village. Up Sydling is situated 1½ miles south of Batcombe.
Holywell
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holywell is a hamlet in Dorset, England, located on the A37 roughly midway between Yeovil and Dorchester. A tributary of the River Frome passes through the hamlet. Holywell is situated 1½ miles west of Batcombe.
Chalmington
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chalmington is a small hamlet close to the village of Cattistock, in west Dorset, England. Chalmington is situated 2½ miles southwest of Batcombe.
Batcombe
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Batcombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.83381° or 50° 50′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.54301° or 2° 32′ 35″ westPopulation
102Elevation
659 feet (201 metres)Open location code
9C2VRFM4+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 432990127OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656175Wikidata ID
Q3119443
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Batcombe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Batcombe”
- Chinese: “Batcombe”
- Dutch: “Batcombe”
- French: “Batcombe”
- Irish: “Batcombe”
- Ladin: “Batcombe”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Batcombe (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Batcombe”
- Swedish: “Batcombe, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Batcombe”
- Welsh: “Batcombe, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Batcombe”
- “Batcombe”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cross & Hand and Hilfield Friary.
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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 “Batcombe”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.