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Batcombe Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

Explore Batcombe, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Batcombe map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Batcombe, Dorset

How to Use This Batcombe, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Batcombe, Dorset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceBatcombe
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.835477
Longitude-2.543649
Place TypeHamlet

About Batcombe

Batcombe reveals itself as a quiet assembly of stone and slate held fast against the sweep of the Dorset chalk. It lies 7.9 miles south of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 189°T, OS grid ST 618 041), and is situated north-east of Frome St Quintin village. The land here rises in sudden, muscular ridges, with the entirety of Batcombe contained within the Batcombe Down Sssi where rare orchids and chalk-loving grasses thrive in the thin, pale soil. High above the rooftops, the ancient silhouette of Batcombe Hill marks the horizon, acting as a wind-scoured sentinel over the valley floor. Centuries of agrarian life have worn deep, sunken lanes into the limestone, echoing the slow, grinding persistence of the local flint. To the east, the weathered earth holds the silent, rounded weight of the Bowl Barrow, a monument that anchors the local history in the deep, unwritten past. The quality of light in Batcombe possesses a peculiar, silver clarity, illuminating the mossy textures of the drystone walls that partition the fields. Winter frost lingers longer on these slopes, turning the meadows into sheets of brittle, white iron before the sun climbs high enough to wake the hidden springs.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Batcombe Down Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest)locality lies within · 18 ha
  • Batcombe Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 235° SW
  • West Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 235° SW
  • Bowl Barrow On Batcombe Down 450M South West Of The Friary Of St Francis (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 097° E
  • Cross And Hand Wayside Cross 670M South Of The Friary Of St Francis (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 106° ESE
  • Bowl Barrow 650M South Of The Friary Of St Francis (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 104° ESE
  • Spring Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 278° W
  • Fisher's Bottom (Valley) — 1.3 mi, 173° S
  • Frome St. Quintin Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 263° W · 33 ha
  • Chantmarle (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.2 mi, 234° SW · 6 ha
  • Lucerne Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 298° WNW
  • Great Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 106° ESE
  • The Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 276° W
  • Minterne House (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 088° E · 86 ha
  • Melbury Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.8 mi, 297° WNW · 611 ha
  • Cerne Abbas Giant Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 119° ESE
  • Kettle Bridge Picnic Site (Park) — 3.3 mi, 120° ESE
  • Cerne Abbas Giant (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 117° ESE
  • Red Post (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 268° W
  • Henley Hillbillies & Badger Watch (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 088° E
  • River Hooke (River) — 5.0 mi, 215° SW
  • Sydling Water (River) — 5.4 mi, 167° SSE
  • Kingcombe (National Nature Reserve) — 5.6 mi, 230° SW · 310 ha
  • Wytherston Marsh (Wetland) — 6.0 mi, 232° SW
  • Tibbs Hollow Picnic Site (Park) — 6.1 mi, 178° S
  • Coker Marsh (Wetland) — 6.5 mi, 317° NW
  • Barwick Obelisk (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 326° NW
  • Powerstock Common (Forest / Woodland) — 6.7 mi, 226° SW
  • Hooke Park (Forest / Woodland) — 6.7 mi, 242° WSW
  • Jack the Treacle Eater (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 331° NNW

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About This Batcombe Map Page

Explore Batcombe, Dorset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.835477, -2.543649. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.