Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Benville, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Benville 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benville, 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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| Place | Benville |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.829978 |
| Longitude | -2.662715 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Benville emerges from the quiet Dorset folds as a collection of stone and timber, defined by the slow persistence of the agricultural land surrounding it. It lies 3.6 miles east-north-east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 67°T, OS grid ST 534 035), and is situated south-east of Corscombe village. Sunlight here has a pale, thinning quality, catching the mossy limestone of the moated site sixty metres north of Benville Manor, where the earth still holds the ghost of medieval defensive water. The landscape tilts toward the horizon, drawing the eye past the hidden hollows toward the rising silhouette of Chelborough Hill. Cattle tracks carve precise, muddy geometries into the fields, marking a rhythm of movement that has outlasted the generations of men who once worked the soil. Silence in Benville is rarely absolute, often broken by the sharp, singular cry of a buzzard circling the canopy of a nearby thicket. Beneath the surface, the chalk and greensand geology dictates the drainage of the fields, ensuring the ground remains a stubborn, heavy presence underfoot. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a cool, damp edge that speaks of the deep, subterranean springs feeding the local water table.
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Explore Benville, 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: 50.829978, -2.662715. 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 built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |