Melbury Down
Melbury Down is a grassland in Melbury Abbas, North Dorset District, England. Melbury Down is situated nearby to the peak Breeze Hill, as well as near the village Melbury Abbas.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Compton Abbas and Church of St Thomas.
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.
Church of St Thomas
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Thomas is situated 3,600 feet west of Melbury Down.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1½ miles north of Melbury Down.
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. Compton Abbas is situated 2 miles southwest of Melbury Down.
Ludwell
Village
Ludwell is a small village in south Wiltshire, England, approximately 3 miles east of the Dorset town of Shaftesbury. It lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the A30 Salisbury-Shaftesbury road. Ludwell is situated 2 miles northeast of Melbury Down.
Melbury Down
- Type: Grassland
- Location: Melbury Abbas, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.97916° or 50° 58′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.15362° or 2° 9′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C2VXRHW+MHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1364349491OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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