Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore East Melbury, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Melbury 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 Melbury |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.981655 |
| Longitude | -2.159580 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
East Melbury, a quiet hamlet in Dorset, holds a timeless appeal under the wide, often luminous skies of the South West. It lies 3.7 km south-east of Shaftesbury (from Shaftesbury: bearing 138°T, OS grid ST 888 202), and is situated east-north-east of Melbury Abbas village. The landscape around East Melbury unfolds with a gentle, almost hesitant grace, the chalk downs rising and falling like the breath of the land itself. Here, the air carries the clean scent of pasture and hedgerow, a perfume that speaks of centuries of cultivation. Paths, worn smooth by generations of footsteps, wind between fields where sheep graze, their fleece catching the pearly light of dawn. Though small, East Melbury possesses a stillness that allows the subtle beauty of its surroundings to assert itself, a beauty that endures through the seasons.
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Explore East Melbury, 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: 50.981655, -2.159580. 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. |