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Gillingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Gillingham, Dorset, England. Affiliated to the Dorset FA, they are currently members of the Dorset Premier League and play at Woodwater Lane.
National Heritage List for England number: 1324750
National Heritage List for England number: 1108861
Cerne Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 987 in the town now called Cerne Abbas, Dorset, by Æthelmær the Stout.
National Heritage List for England number: 1119470
Wareham Forest is an area in Dorset, England, consisting of open heathland, including Decoy Heath and Gore Heath, and plantations of conifers such as Morden Heath and Bloxworth Heath. The site is overseen by the Forestry Commission for conservation and recreation. Situated next to the A35 road between Dorchester and Poole; the forest provides a home for sika deer, the Dartford warbler and a population of sand lizards.
Hooke Park is a 142 hectare woodland in Dorset, South West England located near the town of Beaminster and within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site is designated as ancient woodland and historically comprised a deer hunting estate. An educational campus is located at Hooke Park that was developed by the Parnham Trust following its purchase of the site in 1983. Led by furniture designer John Makepeace a School of Woodland Industries was established that aimed to "research, demonstrate and teach the better use of forest produce". The campus buildings demonstrate experimental timber construction techniques and include works by the late 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate Frei Otto, Edward Cullinan and ABK Architects.
National Heritage List for England number: 1214873
Barrow Hill is a small settlement in Dorset, England, situated in the East Dorset administrative district on the A350 road approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Poole. It lies between Lytchett Matravers (in the neighbouring Purbeck District) and Corfe Mullen, though is in the civil parish of Sturminster Marshall.
National Heritage List for England number: 1215907
Street address: 713 Wimborne Road, Winton, Bournemouth, BH9 2AU, England (from Wikidata)
Gillingham ( (listen) GHIL-ing-əm) is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It lies on the B3095 and B3081 roads in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the A303 trunk road and 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Shaftesbury. It is the most northerly town in the county. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 11,756. The neighbouring hamlets of Peacemarsh, Bay and Wyke have become part of Gillingham as it has expanded.
website: http://www.gcci.org.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003409
Hinton St Mary is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is sited on a low Corallian limestone ridge beside the River Stour, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the market town Sturminster Newton. In 2001 the parish had 97 households and a population of 221. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 260.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003415
Ashmore is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, situated 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Salisbury. The village is centred on a circular pond and consists of a church and several stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs. It is the highest village in the county. The pond or "mere" is what gave the village its original name of "Ashmere". In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 188.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003391
Buckhorn Weston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the town of Gillingham. It lies on the western edge of the former royal hunting ground of Gillingham Forest. The underlying geology is Oxford clay and Corallian limestone. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 356.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003396
Hammoon is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, sited on a river terrace of alluvial silt by the River Stour, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Its name is derived from the Old English ham, meaning dwelling, and the surname of the Norman lord of the manor ('de Moion' or 'Mohun'). In 2001 the parish had 19 households and a population of 49. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003411
Stour Provost is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. In old writings it is usually spelled Stower Provost.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003441
Margaret Marsh is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district of the county, halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is sited on Kimmeridge Clay close to a small tributary stream of the River Stour. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 60. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 40. The parish church has a 15th-century tower and 13th-century font, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1873. For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard and West Orchard, to form a Group Parish Council.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003425
Gillingham Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Sherborne Preparatory School is a non-selective coeducational preparatory school in the town of Sherborne, Dorset in southern England. It is not officially affiliated with Sherborne School, located just down the street, although they once shared the same campus and many boys transfer to the secondary school after finishing at the prep school. Pupils generally go on to other independent schools around the county, mainly the nearby Sherborne School and Sherborne Girls as well as other schools in South West England.
Street address: Sherborne Preparatory School, Acreman Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3NY (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.sherborneprep.org/; EDUBase URN: 113917
North Wootton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow band of Cornbrash limestone, with Oxford clay adjacent to the southeast and Forest Marble to the northwest. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003574
Street address: St James' Church of England First School, Alderholt, Park Lane, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3AJ (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.alderholt.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 142506
National Heritage List for England number: 1153639
National Heritage List for England number: 1153663
National Heritage List for England number: 1304996
National Heritage List for England number: 1110474
National Heritage List for England number: 1110532
Street address: Stower Provost Community School, Woodville Stour Provost, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5LX (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.stowerprovost.dorset.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 113674
Street address: William Barnes Primary School, Bridge Street, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1BZ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113676; website: http://www.williambarnes.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Wyke Primary School, Deane Avenue, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4SH (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113743; website: http://gillinghamwyke.dorset.sch.uk
Street address: St George's Church of England School, Bourton, Church Track, Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5BN (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113756; website: http://www.bourton.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Child Okeford, Station Road, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8EL (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113796; website: http://www.childokeford.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School, Milton-on-Stour, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5QD (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.milton.dorset.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 113801
Street address: St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull, New Street, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1PZ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113805; website: http://www.stgregorymarnhull.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Stalbridge Church of England Primary School, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 2LP (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113899; website: http://www.stalbridge.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Sherborne Primary School, Harbour Way, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 4AJ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 144417; website: http://www.sherbornepri.dorset.sch.uk
Street address: Shillingstone Church of England Primary School, Augustan Avenue, Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0TX (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.shillingstone.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 147141
Street address: St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School, Pheasant Way, Shaftesbury Road, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4LP (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.stmarygillingham.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 147145
Street address: Okeford Fitzpaine Church of England School, The Cross, Okeford Fitzpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0RF (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 147166
Street address: All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Bishops Caundle, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5NQ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113772; website: http://www.bishopscaundle.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: St Andrew`S Church of England Primary School, West Street, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0PF (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 144951
National Heritage List for England number: 1153666
Yetminster is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Sherborne. It is sited on the River Wriggle, a tributary of the River Yeo, and is built almost entirely of honey-coloured limestone, which gives the village an appearance reminiscent of Cotswold villages. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 1,105.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003629
Clifton Maybank is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is located about a mile southwest of the village of Bradford Abbas. It is known for Clifton Maybank House, a country house with surviving Tudor fabric. Dorset County Council estimate that the population of the parish in 2013 was 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003528
Trent is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Sherborne and four miles northeast of Yeovil. It was formerly in Somerset. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlement of Adber to the north—had a population of 317.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003610
Sandford Orcas is a village and parish in northwest Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 180. Just to the east of the village itself is the hamlet of Holway. The village lies in hilly country on the Dorset/Somerset county border, and was part of Somerset until 1896, with the land connected to the Abbot of Glastonbury.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003591
Thornford is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 830.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003605
National Heritage List for England number: 1119383
National Heritage List for England number: 1108766
Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Bournemouth and 19 miles (31 km) north of Poole. The civil parish comprises the town of Verwood together with the extended village of Three Legged Cross, and has a population of 15,170 according to latest figures (2014) from Dorset County Council. Verwood is the largest town in Dorset without an upper school.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012457, E04003383, E04012819; website: http://www.verwood.gov.uk/
The Bournemouth and Poole College (BPC) is a well established educational provider which delivers further education, higher education and community based courses in Bournemouth and in Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the larger British colleges with thousands of learners each year.
website: http://www.thecollege.co.uk
Colehill is a parish, neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England, with a population of 7,000 (2001), reducing slightly to 6,927 at the 2011 census.
website: https://colehill.gov.uk; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012462, E04003364
National Heritage List for England number: 1119407, 1002737
National Heritage List for England number: 1119362
Street address: St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas, Mill Lane, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6RH (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.bradfordabbasprimary.co.uk/; EDUBase URN: 144299
Street address: Thornford CofE Primary School, Boot Lane, Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6QY (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.thornford.dorset.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 144415
Street address: St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6LS (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 144416; website: http://www.standrewsyetminster.org.uk
Tarrant Monkton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley about 4 miles (6.4 km) ENE of Blandford Forum. Within the parish boundary, sited 1.5 miles over hills to the west, lies the major part of Blandford Camp army base (including the Royal Signals Museum). In the 2011 census the parish—including the army base—had a population of 1,986. The village is centred on the All Saints Parish Church, opposite which is the Langton Arms, a public house and restaurant.
website: https://tarrantmonkton.wordpress.com/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010500, E04003450
Tarrant Launceston is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Blandford Forum. The parish includes part of Blandford Camp to the west and a few buildings on the northern edge of neighbouring Tarrant Monkton to the south. In the 2011 census the parish had 156 households and a population of 498.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003449
Poole Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Poole, Dorset in England. The first lifeboat was stationed at Poole Harbour in 1865 and the present station was opened in 1988. Since November 2016 it has operated two inshore lifeboats, an Atlantic 85 and a D class.
Poole Museum (formerly known as the Waterfront Museum) is a local history museum situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of Poole, Dorset, and is part of the Borough of Poole Museum Service. Entrance to Poole Museum is free, and the museum is the fifth most visited free attraction in South West England.
National Heritage List for England number: 1217514
Queen Elizabeth's School (also known as QE) is a co-educational secondary school in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.
Street address: Queen Elizabeth's School, Blandford Road, Pamphill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4DT (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113883, 141526; website: http://www.qe.dorset.sch.uk/, http://www.qe.dorset.sch.uk
Hengistbury Head () is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the English county of Dorset. It is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1990, the head and its surroundings form part of the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is also a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, an Environmentally Sensitive Area and a Site of Nature Conservation Interest. The name "Hengistbury Head" refers to the immediate area; the elevated portion is called Warren Hill.
Castle Court School is a co-educational, preparatory school located near the village of Corfe Mullen in the county of Dorset, England.
Street address: Castle Court Preparatory School, Knoll Lane, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3RF (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113931; website: http://www.castlecourt.com/
Adventure Wonderland is a family theme park situated in the village of Hurn, near Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The park offers rides and attractions aimed at families with children up to the age of 12. It draws much of its theme from the novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Alice, Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and Mr. Rabbit make appearances throughout the day around the park and in the theatre shows.
website: http://www.adventurewonderland.co.uk/
Tarrant Rawston is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is named after the River Tarrant which flows through the parish. It has a small church, built of flint and stone, which is situated within the garden of the neighbouring farmhouse. Surrounding the village are many pre-historic barrows. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010501, E04003451
Warren Hill is the elevated part of Hengistbury Head in Dorset, England, overlooking Christchurch to the North and dominating Poole Bay to the West. With finds stretching back over 10,000 years, it is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled both as an Ancient Monument, and a Local Nature Reserve. The head and its surroundings form part of the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wind-pruned hummocks of heather cover the plateau of the hill, which is accessible to walkers all year round providing excellent views of the surrounding area, as well as an interesting heathland ecosystem for students of nature.
The Custom House (formerly known as the King's Custom House) is a Grade II* listed building in Poole, Dorset, England. It is a Georgian building located in the oldest part of Poole Quay, and is currently used as a restaurant.
National Heritage List for England number: 1266415
The Poole Park Railway runs through Poole Park in Poole, Dorset, England, with views of Poole Park. The line is built to the popular gauge of 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) and runs every weekend throughout the year and all school holidays.
Street address: Lockyer's Middle School, Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3HQ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 145811; website: http://www.lockyersmid.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Sheiling School, Horton Road, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2EB (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113952
Street address: Victoria Education Centre, 12 Lindsay Road, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset, BH13 6AS (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113954
Street address: Beaucroft Foundation School, Wimborne Road, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2SS (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113956; website: http://www.beaucroft.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Langside School, Langside Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BN (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 133740
Street address: Winchelsea School, Guernsey Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4LL (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113955; website: http://www.winchelseaschool.co.uk
Street address: Portfield School, Parley Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6BP (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113942; website: http://www.portfieldschool.org.uk
National Heritage List for England number: 1110074
National Heritage List for England number: 1120082
National Heritage List for England number: 1275391
Street address: Ferndown First School, Mountbatten Drive, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9FB (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.fernfirst.dorset.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 113667
Street address: Sturminster Marshall First School, 78 High Street, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4AY (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113675; website: http://www.sturminstermarshall.dorset.sch.uk
Street address: Wimborne First School, School Lane, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1HQ (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.wimbornefirst.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 113679
Street address: Parley First School, Glenmoor Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8QE (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.parley.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 113682
Street address: Oakhurst Community First School, Shaftesbury Road, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 0DY (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142500; website: http://www.oakhurstfirst.com/
Street address: St Ives Primary & Nursery School, Sandy Lane, St. Ives, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2LE (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142505; website: http://www.stivesprimary.com
Street address: Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School, Church Road, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 6RF (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142512; website: http://www.3lxschool.com
Street address: West Moors, St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School, Station Road, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 0JF (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.stmaryswestmoors.org/; EDUBase URN: 142514
Street address: Twynham Primary School, Marsh Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2NH (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.twynhamprimary.com; EDUBase URN: 142671
Street address: Lilliput Church of England Infant School, Lilliput Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH14 8JX (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.lilliput.poole.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 142970
Street address: Old Town Infant School and Nursery, Green Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1QB (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142971; website: http://www.oldtown.poole.sch.uk/
Street address: Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School, Mill Lane, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH14 8UL (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142974; website: http://www.bpspschool.co.uk
Street address: Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School, Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4AX (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.twinsailsinfant.co.uk/; EDUBase URN: 143313
Street address: Hamworthy Park Junior School, Ashmore Crescent, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4DG (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.hamworthyparkjuniorschool.co.uk/; EDUBase URN: 143314
Street address: Bearwood Primary and Nursery School, Barons Road, Bearwood, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH11 9UN (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.bearwood.poole.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 143477
Street address: Springdale First School, Springdale Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9BW (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 143616; website: http://www.springdale.poole.sch.uk/
Street address: Sylvan Infant School, Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 3DT (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.sylvaninfantschool.net/; EDUBase URN: 144554
Street address: Branksome Heath Junior School, Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 3DX (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.branksomeheath.co.uk; EDUBase URN: 144602
Street address: Talbot Primary School, Talbot Drive, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5ED (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 144874; website: http://www.talbot.poole.sch.uk
Street address: Heatherlands Primary School, Library Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 2BG (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.heatherlands.poole.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 145212
Street address: Christchurch Junior School, Clarendon Road, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2AA (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.cjsdorset.org; EDUBase URN: 145428
Street address: Lytchett Matravers Primary School, Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6DY (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 146475; website: http://www.lmpsdorset.org
Street address: Upton Junior School, St Martin's Road, Upton, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5NQ (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.uptonjun.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 146490
Street address: Upton Infant School, Guest Road, Upton, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5LQ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 146496; website: http://www.uptoninf.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Hillside Community First School, Hillside Road, Verwood, Dorset, BH31 7HE (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.hillsidefirst.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 146690
Street address: Verwood Church of England First School, Howe Lane, Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6JF (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 146720; website: http://www.verwoodfirst.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Parkfield School, Hurn, Christchurch, BH23 6DF (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 146386
Street address: The Priory Church of England Primary School, Wick Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1HX (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.prioryschool.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 113847
National Heritage List for England number: 1153289
Milborne St Andrew is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is sited in a winterbourne valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, on the A354 road 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the county town Dorchester. It lies in the North Dorset administrative district. In the 2011 census the parish had 472 dwellings, 453 households and a population of 1,062.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003428
Puddletown is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated by the River Piddle, from which it derives its name, about 4.5 miles (7 km) northeast of the county town Dorchester. Its earlier name Piddletown fell out of favour, probably because of connotations of the word "piddle". The name Puddletown was officially sanctioned in the late 1950s. Puddletown's civil parish covers 2,908 hectares (7,185 acres) and extends to the River Frome to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 1,450.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003586
Tolpuddle ( ) is a village in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Poole. The estimated population in 2013 was 420.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003609
Winterbourne Steepleton is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dorchester, next to the village of Winterbourne Abbas. The name of the village derives from its site next to a seasonal winterbourne stream and from having a stone church steeple - one of only three medieval stone spires in the county (the others being at Iwerne Minster and Trent). In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 297.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003624
Pulham is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of the town of Sherborne. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had 105 dwellings, 103 households and a population of 269.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003433
Stoke Wake is a hamlet and civil parish, formerly part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England. It is situated under Bulbarrow Hill on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, west of Blandford Forum. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 60.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003439
Stratton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Dorchester. The parish includes the hamlets of Grimstone, Ash Hill and Wrackleford which, like the village, lie on or near the A37 trunk road. Ash Hill is a small estate east of the village near the railway. Wrackleford is a group of houses further east and centred about Wrackleford House and including Higher Wrackleford and Lower Wrackleford. In addition there are a number of isolated farms and houses including a few in an area called Langford near the Sydling Water in the north-west part of the parish.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003600; website: http://www.strattondorset.org
Morden (otherwise Moreden) is a village and civil parish in south Dorset, England.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012324, E04003479
Burleston is a village in Dorset, England.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003511
Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in Wareham Forest on the A35 road 5 miles (8 km) west of Poole. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 80 households and a population of 200. Bloxworth Heath is part of Wareham Forest and is home to Woolsbarrow Hillfort.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003467
Pimperne ( PIM-pərn) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of 1109.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010497, E04003432
Stinsford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, one mile east of Dorchester. The parish includes the settlements of Higher and Lower Bockhampton. The name Stinsford may derive from stynt, Old English for a limited area of pasture. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 334.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003597
Tincleton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the River Frome, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the county town Dorchester. The name of the village comes from "Tin la Ton", or "farm in a valley". In 2001 Tincleton had a population of 142. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 150.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003606
Minterne Magna is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated midway between Dorchester and Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 184. The village is sited near the source of the River Cerne among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. Some of the highest points in Dorset, including Telegraph Hill (267 m) and Dogbury Hill (248 m), are nearby.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003568
Frampton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in the Frome valley among chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The village's name is a derivation from "Frome Town".
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003538
Hilfield is a small, scattered village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs 7 miles (11 km) south of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003546
Piddletrenthide ( ) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is sited by the small River Piddle in a valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, 8 miles (13 km) north of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small village of Plush to the northeast—had 323 dwellings, 290 households and a population of 647.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003580
Athelhampton (also known as Admiston or Adminston) is a settlement and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England parish church. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 30.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003496
Anderson, sometimes known as Winterborne Anderson, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the North Dorset administrative district about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Poole. To the west are Winterborne Muston and Winterborne Kingston and to the east are Winterborne Tomson (which is also within Anderson parish) and Winterborne Zelston. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 60.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010487, E04003390
Buckland Newton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated beneath the scarp slope of the Dorset Downs, 7 1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) south of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 622. The village covers around 6000 acres.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003510
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. The A37 road between Dorchester and Yeovil passes to the north of the village on the other side of the river's water meadows. In the 2011 census the population of the parish (which includes the hamlet of Muckleford to the north-west) was 370.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003505
Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome about 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 158 households and a population of 373. It has a number of long distance footpaths and cycle ways passing through it: the Purbeck cycle way, Route 2 (Sustrans), the Frome valley trail, the Jubilee trail, and the Hardy Way. The railway station is a little way out of the village, towards Crossways.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003480
HM Prison Dorchester was a local men's prison, located in Dorchester in Dorset, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and closed in January 2014.
Ibberton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Sturminster Newton and 7 miles (11 km) west of Blandford Forum. The parish covers almost 1,400 acres (570 ha) and extends over the chalk downs that lie to the south. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 101, a reduction from 134 in 2001.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003416
Piddletrenthide Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Poundbury Hill hill fort (grid reference SY682911) is the site of a Middle Bronze Age enclosure. It is roughly rectangular and it is likely that it was designed to command views over the River Frome and the Frome valley to the north. The main entrance to the fort is on the eastern end. It overlooks the county town of Dorchester, Dorset, England.
Shitterton is a hamlet in Dorset, England. It has attracted worldwide attention for its name, which dates back at least a thousand years and means "farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer". Shitterton has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The hamlet includes a collection of historic thatched buildings dating back to the 18th century and earlier.
Cheselbourne (sometimes spelled Chesilborne or Cheselborne) is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Downs, 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Dorchester. The parish is at an altitude of 75 to 245 metres (approximately 250 to 800 feet) and covers an area of 1,175 hectares (2,900 acres); the underlying geology is chalk. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 296.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003522
Melcombe Horsey is a civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It contains the small settlements of Melcombe Bingham, Bingham's Melcombe and Higher Melcombe, the last being the site of the deserted village of Melcombe Horsey. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 141.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003567
Winterborne Zelston is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the A31 road 8 miles (13 km) south of Blandford Forum and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Poole. The parish had a population of 141 in 2001. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003462
Winterborne Houghton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had 82 households and a population of 183. In 2001 the population was 195.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003458
Shire Hall is an 18th-century courthouse in Dorchester, Dorset. The building was the centre of law, order and government, and served as the county hall for Dorset until 1955. It has been Grade-I listed since 1950. In 2018, the hall opened as the Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum.
National Heritage List for England number: 1119069
The Dorset Martyrs Memorial is a grade II listed sculpture by Elisabeth Frink in Dorchester, Dorset, England. It was unveiled in 1986 on the site of the gallows where Catholic martyrs were hanged in the 16th and 17th centuries.
National Heritage List for England number: 1439805
The County Hall is a municipal facility at Colliton Park in Dorchester, Dorset.
Street address: St Osmund's Church of England Middle School, Barnes Way, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2DZ (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 138165; website: http://www.stosmunds.dorset.sch.uk/
National Heritage List for England number: 1152608
National Heritage List for England number: 1229229
National Heritage List for England number: 1002826
National Heritage List for England number: 1152289
Street address: Knighton House School, Durweston, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0PY (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113924; website: http://www.knightonhouse.co.uk
Street address: Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7DD (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/our-services-hospitals/community-hospitals/blandford-community-hospital
Street address: Cheselbourne Village School, Cheselbourne, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7NT (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.cheselbourne.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 113663
Street address: Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School, Buckland Newton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7BY (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 144413; website: http://www.bucklandnewton.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: The Prince of Wales School, Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2HH (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113747; website: http://www.princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk/
National Heritage List for England number: 1324040
National Heritage List for England number: 1119443
Whitchurch Canonicorum or Whitechurch Canonicorum is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale 5 miles (8.0 km) west-northwest of Bridport. In the 2011 Census the parish – which includes the settlements of Morcombelake, Ryall and Fishpond Bottom – had a population of 684.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003618
Allington is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the town of Bridport, with which it is physically contiguous; much of Allington lies within Bridport parish. In the 2011 census Allington civil parish had 371 dwellings, 339 households and a population of 766.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003493; website: http://www.allington.co.uk/
Wootton Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. 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. The civil parish covers an area of 3,307 acres (1,338 ha) and includes the ecclesiastical parish and small settlement of Monkton Wyld to the west. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 180 dwellings, 134 households and a population of 345.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003626
Hooke is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the town of Bridport. It is sited in the valley of the short River Hooke, a tributary of the River Frome, amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 157.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003549
Thorncombe is a village and civil parish now in the English county of Dorset but historically until 1844 in Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated close to the borders of both Somerset and Devon. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 687.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003604
Evershot is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Yeovil in Somerset. It is the second highest village in the county at 175 metres (574 ft) above sea-level. Evershot parish encompasses part of the nearby hamlet of Holywell, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) east of Evershot village. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 210. The village has connections with the writer Thomas Hardy.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003535
East Chelborough is a small village and civil parish 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Beaminster in Dorset, England. Dorset County Council estimated in 2013 that the population of the parish was 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003534
Chilfrome is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies in the Dorset unitary authority administrative area, approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is situated between the villages of Cattistock and Maiden Newton in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley in the Dorset Downs. The parish church was largely restored in 1864, though it has a thirteenth-century chancel-arch, a partly fourteenth-century nave, and windows dating from the fifteenth century. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003527
Stockwood is a village in west Dorset, England, around eight miles south-west of Sherborne and less than a mile away from Chetnole railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line. There are a few houses on the road leading to the A37 between Yeovil and Dorchester.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003598
Marshwood is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the northern edge of the Marshwood Vale approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimate that the parish had a population of 310 in 2013. Figures published from the 2011 census are for Marshwood parish combined with the small neighbouring parish of Bettiscombe: the combined population was 346.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003563
Chideock ( CHID-ək) is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated close to the English Channel between Bridport and Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 550.
website: http://www.chideockandseatown.co.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003525
Askerswell () is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies 11 miles (18 km) west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has an area of 1,724 acres (2.69 sq mi; 698 ha) and in the northeast includes the western slopes of Eggardon Hill, including part of the Iron Age hill fort close to its summit. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 154.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003495; website: http://www.askerswell.co.uk/
Powerstock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of the market town of Bridport. The civil parish includes the village of West Milton to the west and the summit and northern slopes of Eggardon Hill to the south-east. Powerstock village contains many cottages and 2 inns: The Three Horseshoes near the church and The Marquis of Lorne Inn on the other side of the valley in a small hamlet called Nettlecombe. The small Mangerton River runs through the valley. In 2013 the parish had an estimated population of 290. In the 2011 census figures have been published for Powerstock parish combined with the small parish of North Poorton to the north; the population in this area was 358.
website: http://www.powerstock.org.uk; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003583
Frome St Quintin is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 11 miles (18 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited on an outcrop of greensand near the head of the Frome valley, among chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 150. There are naturally occurring springs in the area and the first habitation is likely to have been during the Roman era. The parish church dates from the 13th century. Just over 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the village and in Cattistock parish is Chantmarle, a 15th-century manor house with later additions.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003539
Seaborough is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited in the valley of the River Axe and lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Crewkerne in Somerset. The parish was previously part of the hundred of Crewkerne, but was transferred to within Dorset in 1896. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 60.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003592
Leigh ( ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southwest of Sherborne. It is known as the site of a former Miz Maze. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 480.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003552; website: http://www.leighvillage.org.uk/
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. It is sited at the head of a narrow valley, formed by a small tributary of the River Frome, and is surrounded by the hills of the Dorset Downs, which has led to it having been described as "a pocket of habitation in the downs." Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003529
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. The county town of Dorchester lies about 9 miles east-southeast. The A35 trunk road, which runs between these two towns, is about 2 miles to the south. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the parish had a population of 24.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003614
Frome Vauchurch is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It includes the hamlets of Frome Vauchurch and Tollerford and is sited in the Frome valley amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The parish is adjacent to the village of Maiden Newton, with which the parish's hamlets are virtually contiguous. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 160.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003540
Cattistock is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, sited in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. The Dorset poet William Barnes called it "elbow-streeted Cattstock", a comment on the less-than-linear village street. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 509.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003516
Corscombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, in the Dorset Council administrative area. The parish includes the small settlements of Benville and Toller Whelme to the south and in the 2011 census had a population of 445.
website: http://www.corscombe.org; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003530
North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Bridport. Dorset County Council estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003573
Symondsbury is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Bridport and 16 miles (26 km) west of Dorchester. The village is located just to the north of the A35 trunk road, which runs between Southampton and Honiton. The village has a pub (the Ilchester Arms), a pottery and a primary school. The village is the head of Symondsbury Parish which extends from Eype and West Cliff (West Bay) in the south, to the Marshwood Vale in the north. The village is set in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,059.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003603
Toller Fratrum is a very small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, near Maiden Newton, anciently in Tollerford Hundred.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003607
Melbury Osmond is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of the Somerset town of Yeovil. The underlying geology is Cornbrash limestone, with adjacent Oxford clay. Within the clay can be found deposits of stone which can take on a very high polish, earning them the name "Melbury marble". The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a possession of the Arundell family, and remained so until the 19th century. The parish church, St. Osmund's, was totally rebuilt in 1745 and restored in 1888, although it has registers dating back to 1550. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 199.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003565
Chetnole is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southwest of Sherborne and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Yeovil in Somerset. It is sited on Oxford clay by the small Wriggle River at the western end of the Blackmore Vale. There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line that is served by Great Western Railway services. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 330. In the 2011 census the population of Chetnole parish combined with the small parish of Stockwood to the west was 344.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003523
Halstock is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately five miles (8.0 km) south of Yeovil in Somerset. It lies on the route of the ancient Harrow Way. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 546.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003543
Kingston Russell is a large mansion house and manor near Long Bredy in Dorset, England, west of Dorchester. The present house dates from the late 17th century but in 1730 was clad in a white Georgian stone facade. The house was restored in 1913, and at the same time the gardens were laid out.
Loders is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of the town of Bridport. It is a linear village, sited in the valley of the small River Asker, between Waddon Hill and Boarsbarrow Hill. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 518.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003557
Wraxall is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset, consisting of the two hamlets Higher Wraxall and Lower Wraxall. It is situated in a valley in the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs, about 11 miles (18 km) north-west of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003627
Wynford Eagle is a hamlet and small parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Maiden Newton and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) northwest of Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 60.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003628
Pilsdon is a hamlet and civil parish in the Dorset unitary authority area of Dorset, England. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003581
Catherston Leweston is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 30.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003515
Bridport Town Hall is an 18th-century town hall in Bridport, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
National Heritage List for England number: 1227851; website: http://www.bridporttownhall.org/history
Winterborne Abbas is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 355.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003623
Blackdown is a small village in western Dorset, England; situated 7 miles (11 km) west of Beaminster. With the creation of the new Dorset Council, Blackdown is now part of the new Marshwood Vale Ward. The local travel links are located 5 miles (8.0 km) from the village to Crewkerne railway station and 25 miles (40 km) to Exeter International Airport. The main road through the village is the B3165, connecting Blackdown and Lyme Regis. The village has a population of 128 according to the 2001 Census. The village is a ward of the Broadwindsor Parish which besides the few houses in Blackdown includes Kittwhistle, Templeman's Ash (part), Laymore (part), Coles Cross, Causeway Lane, Venn, Southcoombe, Stoney Knapp, Schoolhouse Lane, Speckets Lane, Racedown, Cockpit, Horn Ash, Berechapel, Childhay, two houses in Synderford, two houses in Birdsmoregate including the old Rose & Crown Public House now a private residence it is split between many postcodes partly due to the County boundary being realigned in the 1960s. Residents have postcodes with the main town as either Beaminster, Bridport, Crewkerne or Chard. Divisions also arise within telephone exchange areas (01308,01460 or 01297), the BT phone box was removed from the centre of Blackdown in March 2017. Water services are provided by either South West Water or Wessex Water.
website: http://www.blackdown.co.uk/
Christ Church is an active Church of England church in Melplash, Dorset, England. It was built in 1845–46 to the designs of Benjamin Ferrey and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1984. Today the church is part of the Beaminster Area Team Ministry.
National Heritage List for England number: 1287858
National Heritage List for England number: 1287796
National Heritage List for England number: 1287834
National Heritage List for England number: 1316511
National Heritage List for England number: 1152808
National Heritage List for England number: 1214502
National Heritage List for England number: 1119288
National Heritage List for England number: 1230633
National Heritage List for England number: 1215921
National Heritage List for England number: 1216208
Street address: Mountjoy School, Tunnel Road, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3HB (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113957; website: http://www.mountjoy.dorset.sch.uk/
National Heritage List for England number: 1288385
Street address: Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Chard Street, Thorncombe, Chard, Somerset, TA20 4NE (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113767; website: http://www.stmarysthorncombe.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Summer Lane, Evershot, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0JP (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.sticklands.dorset.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 113799
Street address: Bridport Primary School, St Andrew's Road, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3BJ (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.bridport.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 142690
Street address: Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Skilling Hill Road, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 5LA (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142691; website: http://www.stmarybridport.co.uk/
Street address: Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School, Church Street, Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 4QS (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 142692; website: http://www.burtonbradstock.dorset.sch.uk
National Heritage List for England number: 1215924
National Heritage List for England number: 1215614
Langton Matravers () is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. It is situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Swanage town centre and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Corfe Castle. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had 381 households and a population of 853.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003476; website: http://www.langtonmatravers-pc.org
Swanage () is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns, approximately 6 1⁄4 miles (10 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 9,601. Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks, with Studland Bay and Poole Harbour to the north. Within the parish are Durlston Bay and Durlston Country Park to the south of the town. The parish also includes the areas of Herston, just to the west of the town, and Durlston, just to the south.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003483; website: http://www.swanage.gov.uk
Gigger's Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The island is situated near to the Frome and Piddle rivers, near to the opening of Poole Harbour. The entrance to the harbour is lit to the north of Gigger's Island. Historically, the island was part of the boundary of the parish of Arne, and in 2006, the island was purchased by the Dorset Wildfowlers Association. Landing on the island is only permitted below the high water mark, and at nighttime the island is sometimes home to 20,000 gulls.
National Heritage List for England number: 1120230
National Heritage List for England number: 1323078
National Heritage List for England number: 1231100
Street address: Swanage Primary School, Mount Scar, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2EY (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.swanageprimary.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 113677
Street address: St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers, High Street, Langton Matravers, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 3HB (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.stgeorgeslangton.dorset.sch.uk; EDUBase URN: 113803
Street address: The Swanage School, High Street, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2PH (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 139376; website: http://www.theswanageschool.co.uk/
Buckland Ripers is a hamlet in Dorset, England, situated two miles north west of Weymouth.
Dragon was an experimental high temperature gas-cooled reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, England, operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Its purpose was to test fuel and materials for the European High Temperature Reactor programme, and it was built and managed as an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency international project.
Portland was a railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened with the Weymouth and Portland railway, one of the constituent parts of a complex line, on 16 October 1865, the station was moved to a new site on the opening of the extension to Easton on 1 September 1902.
Owermoigne ( OH-ər-MOYN) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 467. The parish is within an electoral ward with the same name, which stretches from the east side of the small coastal village of Ringstead north towards Owermoigne and then up to, but not including, Crossways. To the east it covers White Nothe, Holworth and Galton. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,804.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003578
Worbarrow Tout is a promontory at the eastern end of Worbarrow Bay on Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the south coast of England, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Wareham and about 16 kilometres (10 mi) west of Swanage. Immediately to its east is Pondfield Cove.
Bincombe is a small village, or hamlet, and civil parish in Dorset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Weymouth. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) from Upwey railway station and 28 miles (45 km) from Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is Icen Lane. The civil parish, which includes a small part of the settlement of Broadwey to the west, had a population of 514 in the 2011 census.
website: http://www.bincombe.co.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003501
Winterborne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies close to the A354 road between the county town Dorchester, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north, and the coastal resort Weymouth, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003621
Broadmayne is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies two miles south-east of the county town Dorchester. The A352 main road between Dorchester (from Sherborne) and Wareham passes through the village. In the 2001 Census the population of the village was 1,864, reducing to 1,204 at the 2011 Census. There is an electoral ward of the same name whose population at the above census was 1,870. Village facilities and services include a Post Office, a clinic (closed since 2014) and a public house (The Black Dog). There are two churches in the village, both of which were redesigned by Thomas Hardy. The parish church of St. Martin dates from the 13th century and has a notable south tower.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003508
The Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment was an Admiralty research department dedicated to underwater detection systems and weapons. It was formed at the Isle of Portland in 1959 and later became part of the Admiralty Research Agency (ARE) in 1984.
Southwell Business Park is a business park on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is housed at the former Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, which closed in 1995 and became the Southwell Business Park in 1997.
Chalbury Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the village of Bincombe in Dorset, England.
Street address: 52 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7JZ (from Wikidata)
National Heritage List for England number: 1272134
National Heritage List for England number: 1120577
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003630
Street address: Broadmayne First School, Knighton Lane, Broadmayne, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8PH (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.broadmayne.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 113661
Street address: Stoborough Church of England Primary School, Corfe Road, Stoborough, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5AD (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113753; website: http://www.stoborough.dorset.sch.uk/
Street address: Wool Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, High Street, Wool, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6BT (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.woolprimary.com; EDUBase URN: 113822
Street address: St George's Community Primary School, Clarence Road, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2BD (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 127133; website: http://www.stgeorgesportland.co.uk/
Street address: St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Folly Lane, Wool, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6DS (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.stmaryjosephswool.dorset.sch.uk/; EDUBase URN: 140770
National Heritage List for England number: 1323333
Puncknowle ( PUN-əl) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated on the southern slopes of the Bride Valley approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Bridport and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Chesil Beach on the Jurassic Coast. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the coastal settlement of West Bexington to the south—had a population of 466.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003587
Littlebredy (also written Little Bredy, pronounced "Briddy") is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited at the head of the valley of the small River Bride, surrounded by wooded chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The parish contains the Valley of Stones National Nature Reserve and is in an area rich with evidence of early human occupation. In the 2011 census it had a population of 121.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003555; website: http://www.littlebredy.com/index.html
Portesham, sometimes also spelled Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Weymouth, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the county town Dorchester, and 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site at Chesil Beach. The parish is quite large, covering several outlying hamlets and what were once their manors. In the 2011 census it had a population of 685 in 316 households and 342 dwellings.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003582
National Heritage List for England number: 1324227
National Heritage List for England number: 1152256
National Heritage List for England number: 1324194
Worth Matravers () is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012328, E04003491; website: http://www.worthmatraversparishcouncil.org/
Langton Herring is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of the coastal resort town of Weymouth. It is "prudently set on a ridge above the Fleet", the Fleet being a brackish lagoon behind Chesil Beach. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 120. In the 2011 census the population of the parish combined with the small parish of Fleet to the south was 240.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003551
Abbotsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is in the Dorset unitary authority area and is situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) inland from the English Channel coast. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 481.
website: http://www.abbotsbury.co.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003492
Studland is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is famous for its beaches and nature reserve. It lies within the Purbeck administrative district, and is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Swanage, over a steep chalk ridge, and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the South East Dorset conurbation at Sandbanks, but separated from it by Poole Harbour. The parish includes Brownsea Island within the harbour. In the 2011 census the parish had 182 households and a population of 425, though many of the houses in the village are holiday homes, second homes, or guest houses, and the village's population varies depending upon the season.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003482; website: http://www.isleofpurbeck.com/studland.html
Hazelbury Bryan is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of the small town of Sturminster Newton. The parish includes the hamlets of Droop, Kingston, Parkgate, Pidney, Pleck, Wonston and Woodrow. In the 2011 census the parish had 480 dwellings, 454 households and a population of 1,059.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003413
Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. According to Office for National Statistics data the population of the Wimborne Minster built-up area as of 2014 is estimated as 15,552 inhabitants and is situated at the confluence of the River Stour and River Allen, 5 miles (8 km) north of Poole, on the Dorset Heaths. The town is also recognised as part of the South East Dorset conurbation.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003386, E04012464; website: http://www.wimborne.gov.uk/
Cerne Abbas is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Dorset Council administrative area in the Cerne Valley in the Dorset Downs. The village lies just east of the A352 road 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Dorchester. Dorset County Council estimate that the population of the civil parish in 2013 was 820. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish, combined with the small neighbouring parish of Up Cerne, was 784.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003518
Mappowder is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. The parish lies approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-east of the town of Sherborne and covers about 1,900 acres (770 ha) at an altitude of 75 to 160 metres (246 to 525 ft). It is sited on Corallian limestone soil at the southern edge of the Blackmore Vale, close to the northern scarp face of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had 71 dwellings, 69 households and a population of 166.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003424
Lytchett Matravers is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish as having 1,439 households and a population of 3,424.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003477; website: http://lytchettmatraverspc.org/
Winterborne Whitechurch, also Winterborne Whitchurch, is a village and civil parish in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 354 dwellings, 331 households and a population of 757.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003461
Melbury Bubb is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Sherborne. It is sited on Cornbrash limestone beneath the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The A37 trunk road between Dorchester and Bristol passes about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the west, on the other side of Bubb Down Hill. This hill used to be the site of a beacon. The first half of the village name derives from maele and burh—Old English for "multi-coloured" and "fortified place"—and the second half is a manorial name which derives either from a Saxon resident named 'Bubba' or from medieval lords of the manor. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003564
Okeford Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the town of Sturminster Newton. It is sited on a thin strip of greensand under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the hamlet of Belchalwell to the west and most of Fiddleford to the north—had 404 dwellings, 380 households and a population of 913.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003431
Kimmeridge ( ) is a small village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England. It is situated about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Wareham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Swanage. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003475
Bryanston is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 925. The village is adjacent to the grounds of Bryanston School, an independent school.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010490, E04003395
Tarrant Keyneston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Tarrant Valley 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Blandford Forum in the North Dorset administrative district. In the 2011 census the parish had 152 dwellings, 145 households and a population of 310.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010499, E04003448
Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A30 road, 20 miles (32 km) west of Salisbury, near to the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about 215 metres (705 ft) above sea level on a greensand hill on the edge of Cranborne Chase.
website: http://shaftesburytown.co.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003434
Gussage All Saints is a village and parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the East Dorset administrative district of the county, about 8 miles north-east of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited by the side of a small stream in a shallow valley on the lower dip slope of Cranborne Chase. Ackling Dyke, a disused Roman road, crosses the valley to the northwest, and forms the parish boundary at that point.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003369
Sutton Waldron is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 8 miles (13 km) north of Blandford Forum and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings, 87 households and a population of 200.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003444
Charmouth is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England. The village is situated on the mouth of the River Char, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimated that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,310. In the 2011 Census the population of the parish, combined with the small parish of Catherston Leweston to the north, was 1,352.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003520
Litton Cheney is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies 9 miles (14 km) west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited beneath chalk hills in the valley of the small River Bride. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 359.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003556; website: http://www.littoncheney.org.uk/
Manston is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, lying next to the River Stour in the Blackmore Vale, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town of Sturminster Newton. The geology of the parish consists mostly of Kimmeridge clay, with a thin strip of Corallian limestone in the west.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003423
Arne is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England; situated 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wareham. The local travel links are located at Wareham railway station. Bournemouth International Airport is 11 miles (18 km) away. The main road through the village is Arne Road connecting Arne to Wareham. The village is situated on the Arne Peninsula, which protrudes into Poole Harbour opposite the town of Poole.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012321, E04003465; website: http://www.arne.co.uk/
Sturminster Newton is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It is situated on a low limestone ridge in a meander of the River Stour. The town is at the centre of a large dairy agriculture region, around which the town's economy is built. The larger part of the town (Sturminster) lies on the north side of the river, and includes most shops and services, whilst to the south is the smaller Newton. Between these two areas is a wide flood plain. The town was the home of poet and author William Barnes, and, for part of his life, Thomas Hardy. The town has 43 shops, a primary and secondary school, and a school and college catering for children with special educational needs. In the 2011 census the town's civil parish had a population of 4,945
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003443; website: http://www.sturminsternewton-tc.gov.uk/
Stourton Caundle is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies within the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had 181 households and a population of 439.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003442
National Heritage List for England number: 1151960
National Heritage List for England number: 1324223
Street address: Portesham Church of England Primary School, Winters Close, Portesham, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4HP (from Wikidata)
EDUBase URN: 113833; website: http://www.portesham.dorset.sch.uk
Maiden Newton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, about 9 miles (14 km) north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited on Upper Greensand at the confluence of the River Frome with its tributary of equivalent size, the Hooke. Both these rivers have cut valleys into the surrounding chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. Maiden Newton railway station, which serves the village, is situated on the Heart of Wessex Line. The A356 main road also passes through the village. In the 2011 census the parish—which does not include the adjacent settlements of Frome Vauchurch and Tollerford— had a population of 1,119.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003561
Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 755.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003429
Netherbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, by the small River Brit, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Beaminster and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bridport. The A3066 road connecting those towns lies 0.5 miles to the east.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003570
Silton is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Gillingham. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 57 households and a population of 123.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003436
Long Bredy is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in the valley of the small River Bride, beneath chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 208.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003558
The Tank Museum (previously The Bovington Tank Museum) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Wool and 12 miles (19 km) west of the major port of Poole. The collection traces the history of the tank. With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the largest collection of tanks and the third largest collection of armoured vehicles in the world. It includes Tiger 131, the only working example of a German Tiger I tank, and a British First World War Mark I, the world's oldest surviving combat tank. It is the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment and the Royal Armoured Corps and is a registered charity.
website: http://www.tankmuseum.org
Nether Compton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Sherborne and 3 miles east of Yeovil in Somerset. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 328.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003572; website: http://www.opcdorset.org/Compton/Nether_OverCompton.htm
Bradpole is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, in the Brit valley, 1 mile (1.6 km) outside Bridport. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 2,339.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003506
Oborne is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated just north of the A30 road approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Sherborne, and is close to the border with Somerset. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 101. Oborne shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of Poyntington, Goathill and Castleton.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003575
Fleet is a small, scattered village and civil parish in south Dorset, England, situated approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Weymouth. It consists of the small settlements of East Fleet, West Fleet, Fleet House, and Fleet Common, all of which are close to the shore of The Fleet, a brackish lagoon behind Chesil Beach. The name "Fleet" is derived from fleot, Old English for an inlet or estuary. Dorset County Council estimated that the population of the civil parish was 60 in 2013.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003536
Church Knowle is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in the south of England.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003469
Stourpaine () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour in the North Dorset administrative district, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Blandford Forum. The A350 road, which connects Blandford to Shaftesbury to the north, passes through the village. The chalk hills of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs lie immediately to the north-east and south-west respectively. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 277 dwellings, 265 households and a population of 617.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010498, E04003440
Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, on the north-western urban fringe of the South East Dorset conurbation and is part of the rural district of East Dorset. The village has a population of 10,133 (2011) and is served by six churches, four pubs, five schools, a library, various shops and local businesses, a village hall, and many community and sports organisations. There are three electoral wards within the village (Central, North and South). In 2019, the Parish Councillors of the village voted to change the status of the village's Council to a Town Council, citing potential financial benefits. In all other aspects Corfe Mullen is still very much a village, albeit a large one.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003365
Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of Bridport and 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. In the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 948. The village lies in the Bride Valley, close to the mouth of the small River Bride. It comprises 16th- and 17th-century thatched cottages, a parish church (dedicated to St Mary the Virgin), two pubs, a primary school, shop, post office stores, beach café, hotel, garage, village hall, reading room a library. The parish has a National Coastwatch Institution Station, Lyme Bay Station.
website: http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003513
Mosterton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Beaminster. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 604.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003569
Fifehead Magdalen is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the Blackmore Vale, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-south-west of Gillingham and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Shaftesbury. It is sited on Corallian limestone soil and surrounded by Oxford Clay, about 0.25 miles from the west bank of the River Stour. Its name means "the place of five hides dedicated to [St] Magdalene". In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 80. The village was a venue for stave dances.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003406
West Lulworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated on the English Channel beside Lulworth Cove. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes most of Lulworth Camp army base—had 291 households and a population of 714. The village is a gateway to the Jurassic Coast world heritage site and is a popular tourist destination, especially for day trips.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003488
Wool is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. In the 2011 census the parish – which includes Bovington Camp army base to the north – had 2,015 households and a population of 5,310. The village lies at a historic bridging point on the River Frome, half-way between Dorchester and Wareham. Woolbridge Manor House, a 14th-century building, is a prominent feature just outside the village and the location of Tess's honeymoon in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Other prominent features of the village include the medieval church of Holy Rood, the railway station on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth, and the thatched cottages along Spring Street.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003490
Winterborne St Martin, commonly known as Martinstown, is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Dorchester, beside Maiden Castle. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 780.
website: http://www.martinstown.co.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003622
Hen Cliff is part of the Jurassic Coast near Kimmeridge in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England.
Beer Hackett is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Sherborne and 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Yeovil. The civil parish includes the small settlement of Knighton to the east. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 100.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003499
Holnest is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Sherborne. It is a scattered village, sited on Oxford clay which is drained by a small stream called The Cam. The A352 main road passes through the village. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 220. In the 2011 national census the population of Holnest parish combined with the small parish of Lillington to the north was 342; figures have so far not been published for Holnest parish alone.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003547
Ryme Intrinseca ( ) is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Yeovil and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Yetminster. It is sited on a low ridge of cornbrash limestone on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. There were two villagers named Ryme in North West Dorset and the two were often confused, so sometime during the mediaeval period one village was named Ryme Intrinseca and the other Ryme Extrinsica.In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 115.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003590
Tilly Whim Caves consists of three stone quarries in Durlston Country Park, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, southern England. The Tilly Whim Caves are a part of the Jurassic Coast.
Holwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Sherborne. It is sited on Oxford clay in the Blackmore Vale. Its name derives from the Old English hol and walu, meaning a bank or ridge in a hollow. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 369 and is part of the Cam Vale electoral ward. Until 1844 Holwell was an exclave of Somerset, being part of the parish of Milborne Port.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003548
Winterborne Kingston is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Blandford Forum and 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the large village of Bere Regis. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the edge of the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had 282 households and a population of 643. In 2001 it had a population of 613.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010505, E04003459
Coombe Keynes is a hamlet, civil parish and depopulated village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) south of Wool and about 5 miles (8 km) west-south-west of Wareham.
website: http://www.coombekeynes.com/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003470
West Knighton is a village and civil parish in south Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the county town Dorchester. It has an 11th-century church and a village pub. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 375.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003615
Purse Caundle is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Sherborne. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 90.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003588
Shillingstone is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Blandford Forum. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had 479 households and a population of 1,170.
website: http://www.shillingstone.info; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003435
Durweston ( dər-WES-tən) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited by the River Stour at the point where it flows out of the Blackmore Vale through a steep, narrow gap between the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 398.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003402
Crossways is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the county town Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,267.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003531
Glanvilles Wootton, or Wootton Glanville, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Sherborne. In the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 196.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003410
Winterborne Came is a small dispersed settlement and civil parish in the county of Dorset in England, situated in the west of the county, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 40.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003619
Woolland is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Bulbarrow Hill 7 miles (11 km) west of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 50. The village had a population of 76 in 2001.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003463
Woodlands is a village and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset, South-West England. It is five miles (8 km) north of Wimborne Minster. Horton Road is the main road going through the parish.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003389
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in East Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. The village has no local shops, with the nearest store being in Cranborne, some 6 miles (10 km) away. The nearest public house is the Drovers Inn, a mile down a country lane in the sister village of Gussage All Saints.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003370
Horton is a village in East Dorset, England, situated on the boundary between the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Heaths, and ten miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 515 (2001).
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012456, E04003374, E04012818
Warmwell is a small village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated on the B3390 road about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Dorchester. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 80.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003612
West Stour is a village and civil parish situated in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset, England. It is one of a group of villages known as The Stours, located in the River Stour Valley, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Gillingham. West Stour has a village hall, one public house and a service station on the main A30 road.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010504, E04003456
Sherborne School is an English independent boarding school for boys, located beside Sherborne Abbey, in the parish of Sherborne, Dorset. The school has remained in the same location for over 1,300 years. It was founded in 705 AD by St Aldhelm and, following the dissolution of the monasteries, re-founded in 1550 by King Edward VI, making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom. Sherborne is one of the twelve founding member public schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference in 1869 and is a member of the Eton Group.
Street address: Sherborne School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AP (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.sherborne.org/; National Heritage List for England number: 1110793; EDUBase URN: 113918, 141439
Todber is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Shaftesbury. The underlying geology is Corallian limestone. In the 2011 census the parish had 55 households and a population of 140.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010503, E04003453
Edmondsham is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated two miles north west of Verwood and ten miles north of Bournemouth. It is sited near the source of a small stream which flows into the River Allen. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 200. The surrounding countryside is well-wooded. Edmonsham House was built in 1589, and in 1905 was described by Sir Frederick Treves as "grey with age" and hence "like a mist in the wood". Edmonsham House Gardens are open to the public.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003367
Whitcombe is a small village and civil parish in the Dorset unitary authority area of Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 20.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003617
Holt is a village in east Dorset, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Wimborne Minster. The village had a population of 1,265 in 2001. The electoral ward of the same name had a population of 2,286 at the 2011 census. It also includes Hinton Martell and Horton.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003373
Alton Pancras is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 175.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003494
Bettiscombe is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale four miles (6.4 km) west of Beaminster. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 50.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003500
Shapwick is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour five miles south-east of Blandford Forum and eight miles north of Poole. The village had a population of 190 in 2001.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003380
Broadwindsor ( ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,320. In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with that of the small parish of Seaborough to the north, was 1,378.
website: http://www.broadwindsor.com; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003509
West Stafford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 291. The village contains the public house 'The Wise Man Inn', and St Andrew's Church. The river Winterbourne runs beside the village and 2 miles south lies the village of West Knighton. Thomas Hardy, when training as an architect, assisted in the design of Talbothays Lodge and the cottages opposite. The village is also accepted as the setting for part of Hardy's novel Tess or the D'Urbevilles, during the period when Tess works at the Talbothays Dairy.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003616
Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridport. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350. In the 2011 national census, results have been published for the parish of Shipton Gorge combined with the small neighbouring parish of Chilcombe to the east; the population of these areas was 381.
website: http://www.shiptongorge.org.uk/; UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003594
Dewlish is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, and is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs; the parish covers about 2,100 acres (850 ha) and extends west to include part of the valley of the small Cheselbourne stream, and east to include a dry valley at Dennet's Bottom. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 284.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003532
Chedington is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated near the A356 road 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Crewkerne in Somerset. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 130. It is administered as part of Parrett and Axe Parish Council.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003521
Stoke Abbott is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Beaminster. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 190.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003599
Hermitage is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 70.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003545
Toller Porcorum is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Toller valley 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which also includes the small settlements of Higher and Lower Kingcombe to the north—had a population of 307.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003608
West Moors is a village in Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlements of Ferndown and Verwood. The parish of West Moors had an estimated population of 7,400 in 2004, increasing to 7,561 for both the parish and electoral ward at the 2011 Census.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04012459, E04003384
Chalbury is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies on the southern edge of Cranborne Chase within the East Dorset administrative district of the county, four miles north of Wimborne Minster and four miles west of Verwood. The village is sited on Chalbury Hill, the view from which has been described as "one of the most fascinating in the county". The Dorset broadcaster Ralph Wightman wrote of the hill and its view:
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003363, E04012817
Marnhull ( MAR-nəl) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles (5 km) north of the small town of Sturminster Newton. The resort towns of Bournemouth and Weymouth are approximately 30 miles (50 km) to the south. Marnhull is sited on a low ridge of Corallian limestone above the valley of the River Stour, which forms the northern and western boundaries of the parish. In the 2011 census the parish had 962 dwellings, 905 households and a population of 1,998.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04010496, E04003426
East Orchard is a small village and parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale within the North Dorset administrative district. It is situated roughly midway between the hilltop town of Shaftesbury and the riverside town of Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the neighbouring village of West Orchard by a small stream. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 100. For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of West Orchard and Margaret Marsh, to form a Group Parish Council.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003403
Lillington is a hamlet and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Sherborne. Dorset County Council estimate that the population of the civil parish was 50 in 2013.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003554
Pamphill is a village in south-east Dorset, England, just outside Wimborne Minster, four miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 704 (2001).
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003377
Moor Crichel is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Crichel, in East Dorset, England situated on Cranborne Chase five miles east of Blandford Forum. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Manswood notable for a terrace of twelve thatched cottages. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 140. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 180. In the 2011 census the population of Moor Crichel parish combined with the neighbouring parish of Long Crichel was 246 (figures have not been released for Moor Crichel separately). The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Long Crichel to form Crichel.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003376
Cann is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A350 road in the North Dorset administrative district, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Shaftesbury. The civil parish covers 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) and has an underlying geology of Kimmeridge clay, greensand and gault clay. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes HM Prison Guys Marsh—had a population of 822.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003397
Swyre ( ) is a small village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in a valley beside Chesil Beach 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Bridport. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 102.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003601
Tarrant Crawford is a small village and civil parish at the lower end of the Tarrant Valley in Dorset, England. The River Tarrant joins the larger River Stour here. The village consists of two small settlements: Crawford Farm and a few houses in the Stour Valley, and Tarrant Abbey Farm, a church, and a few houses in the Tarrant Valley about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the north. Locals regard the two settlements as separate villages. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 20.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003445
East Stour is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Gillingham. The village is sited half a mile from the east bank of the River Stour in the Blackmore Vale and two miles west of the broadly conical local landmark Duncliffe Hill (210 m). Above the west bank of the river, about a mile away, is the village of West Stour. The A30 London to Penzance road passes through the village. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 573.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003404
Goathill is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Dorset in England, situated in northern Dorset, a couple of miles east of the town of Sherborne. It lies very close to the county boundary however, and for much of its history (until 1896) lay instead within the neighbouring county of Somerset, and has been described as being "just in Dorset by a nanny-goat's whisker". It remains part of the diocese of Bath and Wells.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003541
Over Compton is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Yeovil. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 183.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003577
Batcombe is a small straggling village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Dorchester below the northern scarp slope of the Dorset Downs. The name Batcombe derives from the Old English Bata, a man's name, and cumb, meaning valley. In 1201 it was known as Batecumbe. The local travel links are located 3 miles (4.8 km) from the village to Chetnole railway station and 31 miles (50 km) to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is Stile Way. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish was 120.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003497; website: http://www.batcombe.co.uk/
Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Yeovil and 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 975.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003504
Lydlinch is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) west of Sturminster Newton in the Blackmore Vale in North Dorset, England. The village is sited on Oxford clay close to the small River Lydden. The parish—which includes the village of King's Stag to the south and hamlet of Stock Gaylard to the west—is bounded by the Lydden to the east and its tributary the Caundle Brook to the north.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003422
Sydling St Nicholas is a village and civil parish in Dorset within southwest England. The parish is 5 to 9 miles (8.0 to 14.5 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester and covers most of the valley of the small Sydling Water in the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The parish has an area of 2,075 hectares (5,130 acres) and includes the hamlet of Up Sydling in the north.
UK Government Statistical Service code: E04003602; website: http://www.sydlingstnicholas.org.uk/