Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Melbury Bubb, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Melbury Bubb 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Melbury Bubb, 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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| Place | Melbury Bubb |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.856741 |
| Longitude | -2.574484 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Melbury Bubb holds a quiet gravity, defined by the ancient limestone and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 6.4 miles south-south-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 156°T, OS grid ST 596 065), and is situated south-south-west of Chetnole village. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Mary, contains a notable Saxon stone font that appears to have been inverted, its carved figures standing upside down in a curious defiance of time. Beyond the churchyard, the landscape rises toward the brooding presence of Bubb Down Hill, where the wind pulls at the grasses with a persistent, low-frequency hum. To the west, the sprawling grounds of Melbury Park exert a gravitational pull on the local geography, its vast acreage providing a dark, wooded contrast to the more open fields. The light here often feels heavy and golden, catching the edges of the flint walls and turning the morning mist into a thin, translucent veil. Melbury Bubb remains anchored by the rhythms of the earth, where the soil is thick and the shadows cast by the trees lengthen with an unhurried, antique patience. Every path and boundary stone bears witness to a long, unbroken continuity of rural labour that has shaped the land far more deeply than any map could suggest.
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Explore Melbury Bubb, 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: 50.856741, -2.574484. 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 | August 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. |