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Chalmington Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

Explore Chalmington, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chalmington 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 Chalmington, Dorset

How to Use This Chalmington, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chalmington, 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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PlaceChalmington
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.805751
Longitude-2.576540
Place TypeHamlet

About Chalmington

Chalmington remains a quiet anchor within the verdant, rolling topography of rural Dorset. It lies 7.1 miles east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 92°T, OS grid ST 594 008), and is situated north-north-east of Cattistock village. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, silent weight of antiquity, where the earth rises in subtle ridges to meet the sky. To the south, the ancient earthworks of The Castle Hillfort stand as a testament to those who first surveyed these slopes, their grass-covered ramparts catching the low, pale light of the waning afternoon. Beyond these fortifications, the terrain drops away into the shadowed floor of Charity Bottom, where the air grows damp and cool, thick with the scent of crushed ferns and damp loam. Chalmington exists in a state of suspended composure, far from the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares, where the only movement is the slow drift of clouds over the chalky ridges. The horizon is fractured by the presence of Middle Hill, a modest rise that exerts a quiet dominance over the eastern fields. Here, the agricultural life of the region persists with a steady, unadorned dignity, indifferent to the shifting tides of the world beyond the parish boundaries.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Castle Hillfort (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 176° S · 2 ha
  • Charity Bottom (Valley) — 0.6 mi, 115° ESE
  • Field System And Enclosures On Middle Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 141° SE · 8 ha
  • Middle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 130° SE
  • Chantmarle (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 0.8 mi, 335° NNW · 6 ha
  • Ayles's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 094° E
  • Enclosed Iron Age Farmstead And Part Of An Associated Field System 215M West Of New Barn (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 144° SE · 6 ha
  • Frome St. Quintin Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 341° NNW · 33 ha
  • Court Farm, Sydling Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 121° ESE · 83 ha
  • Spring Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 008° N
  • River Hooke (River) — 2.5 mi, 215° SW
  • The Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 334° NNW
  • Melbury Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 340° NNW
  • Red Post (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 307° NW
  • Kingcombe (National Nature Reserve) — 3.3 mi, 241° WSW · 310 ha
  • Lucerne Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 348° NNW
  • Toller Brook (River) — 3.3 mi, 233° SW
  • Wytherston Marsh (Wetland) — 3.6 mi, 243° WSW
  • Cerne Abbas Giant Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 083° E
  • Tibbs Hollow Picnic Site (Park) — 4.3 mi, 158° SSE
  • Kettle Bridge Picnic Site (Park) — 4.3 mi, 085° E
  • Powerstock Common (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 232° SW
  • Cerne Abbas Giant (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 083° E
  • Hooke Park (Forest / Woodland) — 4.6 mi, 256° WSW
  • Minterne House (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.7 mi, 063° ENE · 86 ha
  • Mapperton House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.7 mi, 261° W · 23 ha
  • Henley Hillbillies & Badger Watch (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 071° ENE
  • Beaminster Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 271° W
  • Robinson Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 272° W
  • Dorset (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) — 7.2 mi, 123° ESE · 11k acres

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About This Chalmington Map Page

Explore Chalmington, 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: 50.805751, -2.576540. 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.