Wool

Wool is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward in south , England. In the 2011 census the parish – which includes army base to the north – had 2,015 households and a population of 5,310.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 2,720 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Wool, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Wool railway station and Parish Church of the Holy Rood.

Railway station
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of Wool in , .

Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Stoke and East Lulworth.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of . is situated 1½ miles east of Wool.

Village
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is a village and civil parish nine miles… is situated 3 miles south of Wool.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the county of . is situated 3½ miles east of Wool.

Wool

Latitude
50.67887° or 50° 40′ 44″ north
Longitude
-2.22054° or 2° 13′ 14″ west
Population
2,720
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C2VMQHH+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 23041174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633609
Wiki­data ID
Q1218503
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Wool” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wool (Dorset)”
  • Basque: “Wool”
  • Belarusian: “Ўул”
  • Bengali: “ঊল”
  • Cebuano: “Wool”
  • Chinese: “伍尔”
  • Chinese: “伍爾”
  • Dutch: “Wool”
  • Finnish: “Wool”
  • French: “Wool”
  • German: “Wool”
  • Gujarati: “વૂલ”
  • Irish: “Wool”
  • Italian: “Wool (Dorset)”
  • Italian: “Wool”
  • Japanese: “ウール”
  • Kannada: “ವೂಲ್”
  • Korean: “울”
  • Ladin: “Wool”
  • Latin: “Wool”
  • Lithuanian: “Vulas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wool (Dorset)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wool”
  • Persian: “وول، دورست”
  • Persian: “وول”
  • Polish: “Wool”
  • Portuguese: “Wool”
  • Russian: “Вул”
  • Spanish: “Wool”
  • Swedish: “Wool”
  • Tamil: “வூல்”
  • Telugu: “వూల్”
  • Ukrainian: “Вул”
  • Urdu: “وول”
  • Welsh: “Wool, Dorset”
  • Welsh: “Wool”
  • “Wool”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Woodman’s Cross and East Burton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Wool Post Office.

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