Dorset
North Dorset District
West Orchard

West Orchard

West Orchard is a small village and civil parish in the county of in southern . It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the Dorset administrative district, approximately halfway between the towns of and .
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  • Type: Village with 70 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Orchard” and “West Orchard, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Thomas’s Church, East Orchard and Church of St Nicholas.

Church
St Thomas's Church is a Grade II listed building in , . The church dates from 1859. The Diocese of Salisbury discontinued services in 2018, and in 2023 planning permission as granted to turn the church into a residential property.

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

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartgrove and Fiddleford.

Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles northeast of West Orchard.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the county of in southern England. is situated between and in the north of the county. is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Orchard.

Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of . lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. is situated 2½ miles south of West Orchard.

West Orchard

Latitude
50.94814° or 50° 56′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.25362° or 2° 15′ 13″ west
Population
70
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Open location code
9C2VWPXW+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 436174209
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634299
Wiki­data ID
Q2374174
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“West Orchard” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “West Orchard”
  • Chinese: “West Orchard”
  • Dutch: “West Orchard”
  • French: “West Orchard”
  • Irish: “West Orchard”
  • Italian: “West Orchard”
  • Ladin: “West Orchard”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Orchard”
  • Persian: “وست اورچارد”
  • Polish: “West Orchard”
  • Swedish: “West Orchard”
  • Turkish: “West Orchard”
  • Welsh: “West Orchard”
  • “West Orchard”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include St Luke and Manston Village Hall.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Orchard”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.