Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Coombe, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Coombe 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.
| Place | Coombe |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.609851 |
| Longitude | -1.992839 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Coombe rests within the embrace of Dorset's rolling Purbeck Hills, a place where the land breathes softly. It lies 2.6 km west of Swanage (from Swanage: bearing 274°T, OS grid SZ 006 789), and is situated east of Langton Matravers village. The sunlight here often possesses a peculiar, almost golden quality, catching the dew on the ancient hedgerows that delineate the fields, a subtle shimmer that has surely graced this landscape for centuries. Though small, Coombe’s proximity to the dramatic Jurassic Coast lends it a quiet grandeur, a sense of timelessness that whispers from the weathered stone of its few cottages. The air, carrying the faint tang of salt from the nearby sea, mingles with the earthy scent of cultivated land, a comforting perfume of rural life. It is a place where the very stones seem to hold stories, where the passage of seasons is marked by the shifting hues of the chalk downs and the steady flight of gulls overhead.
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Explore Coombe, 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: 50.609851, -1.992839. 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 | June 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. |