Three Legged Cross
Three Legged Cross is an extended village within Verwood civil parish in east Dorset, England. It lies to the south of the town of Verwood and to the north of West Moors. Its population in 2014 was estimated at 2,740.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,490 residents
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Three Legged Cross, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moors Valley Country Park and Holt Heath.
Moors Valley Country Park
Park
Moors Valley Country Park, officially Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, is a Country Park jointly managed by Dorset Council and Forestry England. It is situated in Ashley Heath, Dorset on the border with Hampshire, in the south of England. Moors Valley Country Park is situated 1½ miles east of Three Legged Cross.
Holt Heath
Heath
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Holt Heath is a 4.88 square kilometres common situated four miles north-east of Wimborne Minster in east Dorset, southern England, close to the village of Holt. Holt Heath is situated 1½ miles southwest of Three Legged Cross.
St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin is a church, which is situated 1½ miles south of Three Legged Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mannington and Ashley Heath.
Mannington
Hamlet
Mannington and its southerly neighbour Lower Mannington are hamlets in the English county of Dorset. They are located within Holt parish 2.5 miles north of Ferndown and 2.5 miles south-east of Verwood.
Ashley Heath
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashley Heath is a village in Dorset, England, adjacent to the villages of St Leonards and St Ives, with which it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives. Ashley Heath is situated 2 miles east of Three Legged Cross.
Verwood
Town
Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies 10 miles north of Bournemouth and 13 miles north east of Poole as the crow flies. Verwood is situated 2 miles north of Three Legged Cross.
Three Legged Cross
- Category: locality
- Location: Verwood, East Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.85141° or 50° 51′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.88585° or 1° 53′ 9″ westPopulation
1,490Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB THCOpen location code
9C2WV427+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 19828975OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Three Legged Cross” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Three Legged Cross”
- Dutch: “Three Legged Cross”
- French: “Three Legged Cross”
- Irish: “Three Legged Cross”
- Polish: “Three Legged Cross”
- Spanish: “Three Legged Cross”
- Swedish: “Three Legged Cross”
- Welsh: “Three Legged Cross”
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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 “Three Legged Cross”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.