Dorset
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Melbury Abbas

East Melbury

East Melbury is a hamlet in , , . East Melbury is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Thomas and Compton Abbas.

Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aerodrome
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airfield is a grass airstrip 2.7 NM 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. is situated 2½ miles northwest of East Melbury.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melbury Abbas and Compton Abbas.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 . is situated 1½ miles southwest of East Melbury.

Village
is a small village in south , England, approximately 3 miles east of the Dorset town of . It lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the A30 Salisbury-Shaftesbury road. is situated 2 miles northeast of East Melbury.

East Melbury

Latitude
50.98224° or 50° 58′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.1598° or 2° 9′ 35″ west
Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)
Open location code
9C2VXRJR+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 955150609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13275729
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