Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Nettlecombe, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Nettlecombe 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 Nettlecombe, 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 | Nettlecombe |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.757579 |
| Longitude | -2.684404 |
| Place Type | Village |
Nettlecombe emerges from the Dorset landscape as a collection of quiet stone dwellings gathered where the land begins to rise into more demanding elevations. It lies 3.6 miles east-north-east of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 63°T, OS grid SY 518 955), and is situated south-south-east of Powerstock village. The earth here carries a heavy, marl-rich quality that has long dictated the patterns of local agriculture and the slow, deliberate pace of the seasonal harvest. To the north-east, the slopes of Castle Hill rise with a stark, ancient prominence, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon light begins to thin. A short distance further, the earth retains the subtle, rhythmic scars of a motte and bailey castle, remnants of a defensive past that now rest silently beneath a thick mantle of wild grasses. The horizon is further defined by the presence of Welcome Hill to the west, which serves as a constant, rounded sentinel over the shifting colours of the valley. Nettlecombe remains defined by these terrestrial boundaries, where the air holds the damp, fertile scent of the nearby meadows and the quiet intensity of a landscape left largely to its own ancestral devices.
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Explore Nettlecombe, 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: 50.757579, -2.684404. 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. |