Compton Valence is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England.

It lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of the county town Dorchester.

[1] The parish church has a 15th-century tower, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1838–1839 by Benjamin Ferrey.

The core of this geological structure has been eroded to reveal the older underlying Middle Jurassic mudstones.

[5] Compton Valence is known locally for its display of snowdrops, which fill the road verges in late winter.