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 in the county of in southern .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Thomas and Compton Abbas.

Church
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Aerodrome
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airfield is a grass airstrip 3 miles 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.

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was an abbey that housed nuns in , . 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.

Village
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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 .

Village
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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 .

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 .

Melbury Hill

Latitude
50.97668° or 50° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.18202° or 2° 10′ 55″ west
Elevation
863 feet (263 metres)
Open location code
9C2VXRG9+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10178945783
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­survey_point
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12612216
Wiki­data ID
Q8537876
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In Other Languages

“Melbury Hill” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Melbury Hill”

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