Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore Portesham, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Portesham 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 | Portesham |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.670212 |
| Longitude | -2.563982 |
| Place Type | Village |
Portesham lies in the rolling Dorset countryside, a place where the land gently slopes towards the coast. It lies 6.7 km north-west of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 320°T, OS grid SY 602 857), and is situated east-north-east of Abbotsbury village. The village, with its ancient church of St Peter, possesses a quiet dignity, its stone walls warmed by the sun that often bathes this corner of England in a soft, diffused light. Fields of green stretch outwards, bordered by hedgerows that whisper tales of seasons past, and the air here carries the faint, earthy scent of cultivation. A small stream, the River Frome, threads its way through the landscape, its surface reflecting the ever-changing sky. Portesham itself seems to exhale a sense of enduring peace, a gentle counterpoint to the wider world.
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Explore Portesham, 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: 50.670212, -2.563982. 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. |