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Where is Melbury Sampford?

Melbury Sampford is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, six miles south of the town of Yeovil, 29 miles west of the major town of Poole, 50 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 117 miles south-west of London. Melbury Sampford lies two miles south-east of the Somerset border. Melbury Sampford falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the DT2 postcode district. The post town for Melbury Sampford is Dorchester.

Melbury Sampford on a map

Map showing extent of Melbury Sampford as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Melbury Sampford
Map showing location of Melbury Sampford within the UK
Location of Melbury Sampford within the UK

Which county is Melbury Sampford in?

Melbury Sampford is in the ceremonial county of Dorset, the historic county of Dorset, and the administrative county of Dorset.

Ceremonial CountyDorset
Historic CountyDorset
Administrative CountyDorset

Where is Melbury Sampford in Dorset?

Melbury Sampford is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Dorset, and towards the westernmost extremity of Dorset.

Map showing location of Melbury Sampford within Dorset
Location of Melbury Sampford within Dorset

What is the postcode for Melbury Sampford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Melbury Sampford is DT2 0LF.

Where is Melbury Sampford in DT2?

Melbury Sampford is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the DT2 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the DT2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Melbury Sampford within DT2
Location of Melbury Sampford within DT2

What is the post town for Melbury Sampford?

The post town for Melbury Sampford is Dorchester. Melbury Sampford is in the DT2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Dorchester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Melbury Sampford?

The centre of Melbury Sampford is located at position 50.85296° latitude and -2.60512° longitude.

Latitude50.85296°
Longitude-2.60512°

What is the easting and northing of Melbury Sampford?

The centre of Melbury Sampford is located at the grid reference easting 357500 and northing 106113 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting357500
Northing106113

What are the nearest towns to Melbury Sampford?

Position of Melbury Sampford relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Melbury Sampford to the centre of the town.

south
6m
Melbury Sampford is 6 miles south of Yeovil
north-east
7m
Melbury Sampford is 7 miles north-east of Beaminster
south-west
8m
Melbury Sampford is 8 miles south-west of Sherborne
east
9m
Melbury Sampford is 9 miles east of Crewkerne
north-east
11m
Melbury Sampford is 11 miles north-east of Bridport
south-east
11m
Melbury Sampford is 11 miles south-east of South Petherton
north-west
12m
Melbury Sampford is 12 miles north-west of Dorchester
south-west
12m
Melbury Sampford is 12 miles south-west of Stalbridge
west
14m
Melbury Sampford is 14 miles west of Sturminster Newton
east
14m
Melbury Sampford is 14 miles east of Ilminster

What are the nearest cities to Melbury Sampford?

Position of Melbury Sampford relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Melbury Sampford to the centre of the city.

south
25m
Melbury Sampford is 25 miles south of Wells
south
38m
Melbury Sampford is 38 miles south of Bath
south-west
38m
Melbury Sampford is 38 miles south-west of Salisbury
south
41m
Melbury Sampford is 41 miles south of Bristol
east
42m
Melbury Sampford is 42 miles east of Exeter
south-east
50m
Melbury Sampford is 50 miles south-east of Cardiff
west
53m
Melbury Sampford is 53 miles west of Southampton
south
54m
Melbury Sampford is 54 miles south of Newport
west
58m
Melbury Sampford is 58 miles west of Winchester
west
66m
Melbury Sampford is 66 miles west of Portsmouth