West Melbury
West Melbury is a hamlet in Melbury Abbas, North Dorset District, England. West Melbury is situated nearby to the hamlet Cann, as well as near the village Melbury Abbas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas and Shaftesbury Abbey.
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. Shaftesbury Abbey is situated 1½ miles north of West Melbury.
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. Compton Abbas is situated 1½ miles southeast of West Melbury.
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.
Shaftesbury
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Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury and 23 miles north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire.
West Melbury
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Melbury Abbas, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.98185° or 50° 58′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.18531° or 2° 11′ 7″ westElevation
499 feet (152 metres)Open location code
9C2VXRJ7+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 955150615OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13276187
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