Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England.

It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury.

The original stone church of Norman times had a tower with three bells, at least one transept, and a west door.

On 21 December 1852 the Bishop of Salisbury dedicated the new church to St Thomas, whose feast day it was.

Dorset County Council have considered bypass schemes, but none has got further than preliminary stages because the village is surrounded by conservation land.