Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore The Mount, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Mount 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 | The Mount |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.769036 |
| Longitude | -2.731793 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Mount, a quiet collection of dwellings, seems to hold its breath in the Dorset landscape. It lies 4.4 km north-north-east of Bridport (from Bridport: bearing 25°T, OS grid SY 484 968), and is situated south-south-west of Melplash village. The lanes that meander towards The Mount are often edged with a profusion of hedgerow flowers, their colours softened by the gentle quality of the southern English light. Here, the land unfolds with a subtle grace, the fields arranged in a patchwork that speaks of generations of cultivation, each parcel holding its own quiet story. The air itself carries a faint, earthy fragrance, a testament to the fertile soil that has sustained this hamlet for so long.
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Explore The Mount, 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: 50.769036, -2.731793. 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. |