Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore East Compton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Compton 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 | East Compton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.969031 |
| Longitude | -2.177794 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
East Compton lies in a fold of the Dorset countryside, where the land begins its gentle descent towards the Blackmore Vale. It lies 4.3 km south-south-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 164°T, OS grid ST 876 188), and is situated east-north-east of Compton Abbas village. Here, the hedgerows are thick with the scent of hawthorn in spring, and the fields, often carpeted in a fine mist on autumn mornings, speak of generations of cultivation. The quiet lanes, bordered by ancient dry-stone walls, wind between farms where the timeless rhythm of agricultural life persists, a soft hum beneath the vast, pale English sky. The light, when it breaks through the clouds, often falls in broad, golden swathes across the rolling pastures, illuminating the subtle contours of the landscape.
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Explore East Compton, 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: 50.969031, -2.177794. 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. |