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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Parish Church of St Mary.
Chetnole railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chetnole railway station is a small rural station serving the village of Chetnole, Dorset, England. The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line 21¼ miles north of Weymouth towards Westbury, and 147.5 miles from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Swindon and Westbury. Chetnole railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Batcombe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Up Cerne and Holywell.
Up Cerne
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Up Cerne is a hamlet lying to the west of the River Cerne, between Minterne Magna and Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. It was the birthplace of John Mount Batten. Up Cerne is situated 2½ miles southeast 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.
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.
Batcombe
- Type: Locality
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8402° or 50° 50′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.5416° or 2° 32′ 30″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C2VRFR5+39GeoNames ID
7291594
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