Melbury Hill
Melbury Hill, whose summit is also called Melbury Beacon, is a prominent hill, 263 metres high, on the high chalk escarpment of the North Dorset Downs above the village of Melbury Abbas in the county of Dorset in southern England.Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas and Compton Abbas.
Compton Abbas
Aerodrome
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton Abbas Airfield is a grass airstrip 2.7 NM south of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Compton Abbas Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
Shaftesbury Abbey
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbury Abbas and Compton Abbas.
Melbury Abbas
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury.
Compton Abbas
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 miles south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase.
Fontmell Magna
Village
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fontmell Magna is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, close to the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road five miles south of Shaftesbury and eight miles north of Blandford Forum.
Melbury Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 863 feet
- Description: hill in Dorset, England, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Compton Abbas, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.97668° or 50° 58′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.18202° or 2° 10′ 55″ westElevation
863 feet (263 metres)Open location code
9C2VXRG9+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 10178945783OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12612216Wikidata ID
Q8537876
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- Dutch: “Melbury Hill”
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