Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore West Chaldon, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Chaldon 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 West Chaldon, 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 | West Chaldon |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.644423 |
| Longitude | -2.315307 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Chaldon remains a quiet collection of dwellings where the Dorset landscape meets the sky with a sharp, unyielding clarity. It lies 6.7 miles east-north-east of Weymouth (from Weymouth: bearing 67°T, OS grid SY 778 827), and is situated west-south-west of Chaldon Herring village. The land here rises in long, pale folds of chalk, catching a light that seems to bleach the colour from the grass and sharpen the edges of the stone walls. To the west, the deep indentation of Brimstone Bottom carves a channel through the earth, offering a sheltered hollow where the wind loses its coastal edge. A short distance away, the Medieval Settlement At Holworth remains as a ghost of former industry, its silent, grassy platforms revealing the foundations of a life lived long before the present. West Chaldon sits exposed to the salt-heavy air, a place where the horizon feels close enough to touch and the seasonal rains wash the limestone clean. Sheep graze upon the high ridges, their movements slow and rhythmic against the backdrop of the distant, shimmering sea. Here, the earth holds its secrets in the barrows and the ancient contours of the soil, indifferent to the passage of those who walk upon it.
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Explore West Chaldon, 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: 50.644423, -2.315307. 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. |