Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Melbury Osmond, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Melbury Osmond 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 | Melbury Osmond |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.869058 |
| Longitude | -2.606880 |
| Place Type | Village |
Melbury Osmond breathes a quiet dignity upon the Dorset landscape. It lies 8.2 km south-south-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 167°T, OS grid ST 573 079), and is situated west of Chetnole village. Here, the soft contours of the land seem to cradle the cluster of dwellings, each stone and thatch imbued with the gentle glow of passing seasons. The parish church, St. Osmund's, stands as a sentinel, its ancient walls echoing with the prayers of generations, its spire a slender finger pointing towards the vast, ever-changing sky. A sense of enduring peace pervades Melbury Osmond, a feeling as palpable as the rich, dark soil that yields its bounty. The air itself carries a subtle fragrance, a blend of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a scent that whispers of continuity.
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Explore Melbury Osmond, 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: 50.869058, -2.606880. 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. |