Dorset
East Dorset District
Wimborne St. Giles

Wimborne St Giles

Wimborne St Giles is a village and civil parish in east , England, on , 7 miles north of and 12 miles north of .
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  • Type: Village with 391 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, UK
  • Also known as: “Saint Giles”, “Wimborne Saint Giles”, and “Wimborne St Giles, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles and St Giles House.

Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Giles is the Church of England parish church for the village of Wimborne St Giles, . Originally founded in the 13th century and rebuilt several times over the ensuing centuries, the present church is a mixture of Georgian and Gothic Revival architecture.

Manor estate
is located at Wimborne St Giles in in England, just south of . It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
are a complex of henges and earthworks in , , . The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knowlton and Boveridge.

Hamlet
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , . It is about 6 miles north of town , and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England about 1 mile north of Cranborne, 12 miles south-west of , , and 10 miles north-east of , Dorset. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wimborne St Giles.

Village
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Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in , in the south of . At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the , ten miles from and fourteen miles from . is situated 2½ miles west of Wimborne St Giles.

Wimborne St Giles

Latitude
50.90743° or 50° 54′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.95996° or 1° 57′ 36″ west
Population
391
Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WGI
Open location code
9C2WW24R+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17901984
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633862
Wiki­data ID
Q3337808
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wimborne St Giles” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wimborne St. Giles”
  • Chinese: “Wimborne St. Giles”
  • Dutch: “Wimborne St. Giles”
  • French: “Wimborne St Giles”
  • Irish: “Wimborne St Giles”
  • Italian: “Wimborne St. Giles”
  • Ladin: “Wimborne St Giles”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wimborne St. Giles”
  • Persian: “ویمبورن سنک گیلس”
  • Polish: “Wimborne St Giles”
  • Swedish: “Wimborne St. Giles”
  • Turkish: “Wimborne St Giles”
  • Urdu: “ومبورن سینٹ جائلز”
  • Welsh: “Wimborne St Giles”
  • “Wimborne St Giles”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wimborne St Giles Post Office and Wimborne St. Giles Village Hall.

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