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Hilton Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hilton, 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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PlaceHilton
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.826648
Longitude-2.313027
Place TypeVillage

About Hilton

Hilton occupies a quiet corner of the Dorset landscape where the chalk earth holds the morning light in a pale, fragile grip. It lies 6.8 miles west-south-west of Blandford Forum (from Blandford Forum: bearing 252°T, OS grid ST 780 030), and is situated south-east of Higher Ansty village. Beyond the cottage gardens, the land rises sharply toward the blunt, grassy spine of Coombe Hill, which commands a view over the shifting shadows of the valley floor. To the north-east, Hilton Bottom carves a deeper, cooler silence into the chalk, acting as a drainage for the winter rains that seep through the porous stone. Ancient cultivation remains on Thomas’s Hill testify to generations who coaxed a living from this stubborn, sloping soil long before modern machinery arrived. The air here carries a heavy, damp stillness, particularly when the mist rolls off the high ground to settle in the hollows. Walking the lanes, one senses the weight of the geology pressing up through the tarmac, indifferent to the slow passage of traffic. Hilton retains a character defined by this proximity to the earth, where the horizon is never distant and the wind always tastes of crushed limestone.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Coombe Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 176° S
  • Hilton Bottom (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 014° NNE
  • Cultivation Remains On Thomas'S Hill And E Of Hilton (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 102° ESE · 23 ha
  • Bingham'S Melcombe (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 0.8 mi, 219° SW · 19 ha
  • Bowl Barrow On Green Hill 350M North West Of Keepers Cottage (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 052° NE
  • Green Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 061° ENE
  • Mash Water (River) — 0.9 mi, 258° WSW
  • Bingham'S Melcombe Deserted Village (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 208° SSW · 5 ha
  • Milton Abbey (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.0 mi, 125° SE · 547 ha
  • The Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 1.1 mi, 129° SE
  • Delcombe Woodlands (Forest / Woodland) — 1.3 mi, 015° NNE
  • Higher Houghton Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.6 mi, 054° NE · 145 ha
  • Lyscombe And Highdon Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.4 mi, 247° WSW · 83 ha
  • River Divelish (River) — 2.9 mi, 002° N
  • Blandford Forest (Forest / Woodland) — 4.0 mi, 055° NE
  • Weatherby Castle Obelisk (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 159° SSE
  • Henley Hillbillies & Badger Watch (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 278° W
  • Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 175° S
  • Athelhampton (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 5.5 mi, 186° S · 7 ha
  • Waterston Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.6 mi, 208° SSW · 3 ha
  • Gorcombe Extreme Sports (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 092° E
  • The Coade Theatre (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 064° ENE
  • Mays Wood (Park) — 6.4 mi, 144° SE
  • Souls Moor and Bere Stream Nature Reserve (Park) — 6.5 mi, 142° SE
  • Hall & Woodhouse Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 075° ENE
  • Sturminster Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 003° N
  • Blandford Fashion Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 072° ENE
  • Blandford Town Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 073° ENE
  • Disused Drinking Fountain (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 073° ENE
  • Badgers (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 077° ENE

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About This Hilton Map Page

Explore Hilton, 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: 50.826648, -2.313027. 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.