Thorncombe Beacon
Thorncombe Beacon is a hill between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. It lies about 1 kilometre west of Eype Mouth and 2 kilometres east of Seatown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Chideock Parish Church (St Giles).
St Peter’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is a Church of England church in Eype, Dorset, England. Built in 1864–65, the church now also serves as an arts venue, known as the Eype Centre for the Arts.
Chideock
Dwelling
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chideock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated close to the English Channel between Bridport and Lyme Regis. In 2021, the population was 618.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eype and Eype Mouth.
Eype
Village
Photo: Mikepark, Public domain.
Eype is a small village in southwest Dorset, England, situated 1+1⁄4 miles southwest of Bridport. It lies on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site on the English Channel and is within the civil parish of Symondsbury.
Eype Mouth
Locality
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eype Mouth is a natural break in a line of sea cliffs on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in west Dorset on the south coast of England. The small River Eype drains into the sea at this point.
Seatown
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seatown is a coastal hamlet in Dorset, England, on the English Channel approximately 3 miles west-southwest of Bridport. It lies within the civil parish of Chideock.
Thorncombe Beacon
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 515 feet
- Description: hill in Dorset, England, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Symondsbury, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.71994° or 50° 43′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.80104° or 2° 48′ 4″ westElevation
515 feet (157 metres)Open location code
9C2VP59X+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 340366941OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Thorncombe Beacon” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Thorncombe Beacon”
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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 “Thorncombe Beacon”. Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.