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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Shilvinghampton, 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 Shilvinghampton |
| Traditional County | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.660208 |
| Longitude | -2.532242 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Shilvinghampton holds the quiet gravity of a limestone shelf, where the earth yields only slowly to the persistent work of wind and rain. It lies 2.8 miles 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 rises toward the slopes of Corton Hill, a prominence that catches the morning light and holds it against the long, grey shadows of the valley floor. West Shilvinghampton remains defined by its sparse, open character, where the limestone geology dictates the lean architecture of the surrounding dry-stone walls. A short distance to the north-north-east, the geography dips into the hollow of Hell Bottom, a feature that interrupts the plateau with a sudden, grassy silence. These fields carry a memory of ancient patterns, marked by the presence of nearby barrows that stand as muted sentinels against the horizon. The air here tastes of salt carried from the coast, yet the soil remains stubbornly rooted in the heavy, chalk-flecked clay of the Dorset interior. This landscape demands an observant eye, rewarding those who notice how the pale stone of the tracks reflects the shifting moods of the sky.
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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 | 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. |