West Compton is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Dorset, England.

It lies in western Dorset, about 7 miles to the east of the town of Bridport.

[1] The hamlet is sited 160 metres above sea-level at the head of a small valley, formed by a tributary of the River Frome.

The surrounding chalk hills are part of the westerly edge of the Dorset Downs, which here reach a height of 252 metres at Eggardon Hill, just over a mile to the west.

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