Melbury Down

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Melbury Down" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Melbury Down is an area of downland in northern Dorset, England.

It is owned by the National Trust.

The chalk grassland here supports large butterfly populations, including very large numbers of Chalkhill Blue, and a colony of Silver-spotted Skipper.

• Fontmell and Melbury Downs - National Trust

50°58′22″N 2°08′46″W / 50.9727°N 2.1462°W / 50.9727; -2.1462

This Dorset location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e