It lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Lyme Regis in a small side valley of the River Char, close to the Marshwood Vale.

Monkton Wyld Court is the largest building in this hamlet, a Grade II listed Victoria Gothic former rectory built in 1848.

It offers terraced south facing lawns, a dairy farm and an organic walled kitchen garden.

In 1982, Simon Fairlie[13] and Gill Barron[14] run it as an educational centre for sustainable living,[15][16][17] The Land is Ours campaigns for Landrights in Britain there,[18] and Guest House accommodates 42 visitors.

[19] The Wessex Ridgeway and Monarch's Way long-distance footpaths pass through the parish, as does the Liberty Trail, a more local designated way.