Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West
Explore West Shilvinghampton, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Shilvinghampton 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 | West Shilvinghampton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.660208 |
| Longitude | -2.532242 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Shilvinghampton rests in the gentle embrace of Dorset's rolling countryside, a place where the air itself seems to hold a quiet, historical murmur. It lies 4.5 km north-north-west of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 333°T, OS grid SY 624 846), and is situated north-north-east of Langton Herring village. The land here, a patchwork of fields under a sky that often shifts from dove grey to a luminous pale blue, has long been shaped by the plough and the seasons. A small cluster of dwellings, their stone walls softened by lichen and the passage of years, speaks of a continuity that predates modern haste. The quietude of West Shilvinghampton allows one to hear the distant bleating of sheep and the rustle of hedgerows, a soundscape that has remained largely unchanged for generations. Even the sunlight, when it breaks through, seems to possess a particular, mellow quality, gilding the ancient thatch and warming the stone.
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Explore West Shilvinghampton, 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: 50.660208, -2.532242. 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. |